We were patrolling off the south tip of Japan when the surrender was signed. After that happened, we were assigned to accompany the carrier Boxer, alo...g with some other ships as escorts for a trip around the coast of China. We all traveled up to Tsingtao, China, for the first stop. North China, politically, at that time with factions of the North Chinese surrounding the area which was in the shaky hands of the Kuomintang, or Chiang Kai-shek forces. We couldn’t go outside the city limits because. He said, “Ok then Reena. Let’s get the hell out of here and give these lovelies some private time. Now Harshad, take care of my daughter while we are away. Reena! Are you ok?”My mom didn’t respond immediately. The reason was she kept on staring at Harshad, biting her lip. Obviously, she was lust-struck by Harshad. I could see it in her eyes. Maybe Harshad caught it too. He was nervous as fuck. He just kept on sipping his energy drink. “Mom!”, I shouted literally. She came out of her dream. I rarely saw Chrissy after she started high school, except when I came home, and she happened to be playing with the kids. Occasionally, she came over for dinner, but that became less frequent. I saw Trudy more frequently than Chrissy in the last year or so. I will miss her, but I’m not the wreck I expected. The funeral helped me move on.”I got up to hug her because she needed it.“I’ve never been as embarrassed as I am right now, son. I got a few pieces of Rosie’s hair, and Ellen snuck in to. " Did you ever fuck?" No. Never." I put all my force into it. Jo apparently believed me because her face fell."Goddammit, I wish to hell you had. I never trusted Mitch." You're Donny's kid. Naturally you wouldn't trust Mitch. He's not your father." Mom didn't like him either after a while. She always trusted you. You guys could have fucked a storm together." Jojo, I'm your uncle. Knock off this conversation." She peed like I do when she came. She told me." Stop it."When the kids left, the four.