" Yes," she said wistfully. "I am still worried about him. He is such a great person. Too bad he has to go through this. I told him I would help him t...ack down a smaller place if he wanted me to. That OK?" Yes, sure!"I was aware of a change in Jody, too. Having George over had put the bounce back in her step. She liked the idea of engineering his recovery from losing Melissa. It wasn't that she had been down; just that life had become routine. I had missed the exuberant spark she had in earlier. It was the story of a mother and a daughter trying to survive in the period after the Italian surrender and as the German forces was being pushed out of Italy by allied forces. Strangely, in this film the bad guys were not the Germans, but the allies with the rapists being members of the Free French forces and were from Morocco. They wore American uniforms and drove American jeeps with the insignia of the Free French movement. The mother submits to every demand in order to save the daughter. Mrs. T stood up; I stood up also. I took Mrs. T's hand and led her from the cafe.“I'll bring my car and follow you to the theater. You know the way, JJ.”~~*~~I was following JJ's Jeep, deep in thought. For months now I was thinking of ways to get JJ between my legs. I had never been with a black man before and now I had a prime opportunity thanks to poor Tina's injury. I watched him while us ladies played cards every Friday night. There were times that his eyes told me he wanted me. I would. This section, ‘The Human Nation’ contains only historical background for the time and age of Majgen. Maybe interesting for the reader who wants to know more. The regular Majgen chapters can be read without reading this. * —-=(The Human Nation)=—- The human population was not divided in distinct nationalities at this time. The last traces of legally and geographically separated nations disappeared around one thousand years prior to Majgen’s birth. The human population was at this time not.