His wife had created an amazing bubble of peace and happiness, and he wasn’t ready for that bubble to pop. He knew that it inevitably would, but he ...as going to stretch it for as long as he could.Caleb felt it when Bran entered the room, and turned in their direction. JJ was laughing softly at a ribald suggestion Caleb had made for supper, and was agreeing whole-heartedly with him, until she looked over his shoulder and stiffened.“Blake, honey, what are you doing here?” JJ demanded. “Aren’t you. I stared at it like I was some ‘beautiful mind’ genius, trying to find the connections to everything, like some puzzle. I tried like hell to see how everything fit together, but my mind just wouldn’t shake the image of that young redhead about to blow me right there against the concrete wall. I closed my eyes to think, but I saw her again, on her knees, right in front of me. I start to get hard again, and I had to let out a long exhale to calm myself down. I refocused my mind, and brought my. “Daddy, take me inside,” she whined.Warrick chuckled and said, “Okay.” With her still over his shoulder, he reached down and inserted the key into the door while Brie struggled to right her wayward dress without losing her balance and falling to the ground.At last Warrick carried her into the house, swatting her round butt one more time, enjoying the sound of another squeak and a moan of embarrassment.When they got inside, he finally rolled her off his shoulder and held her in his arms. Brie. " Barnes yelled."Yes Sir," he saluted."You're out of uniform Cpl," the general said, then we pinned him.I looked at Barnes who was typing fast. "Already noting it in theblotter Ma'am."I stepped up onto the desk, then reached over his shoulder andinitialed the entries.When I got home Mina was still keyed up. "Just a bunch of peoplefighting Sweetie. But they're in jail now."We drove over to the O club and had dinner with Stephie and the Generaland Jeanine. Then I took Mina home to put her in bed,.