But you’ll never cheat. Your honor would not allow it. Plus, and baby, I am not saying this to hurt you; it would be too much like your mom. You wou...d never do to someone what she did to your Dad.”Gina was right about that. I would never put anyone through the hell I had seen my dad go through. It just wasn’t in me.“So what time should I pick you up on Saturday Gina?” I asked hoping she would say very early. Despite all the hard work in the garage and at parties I was really nervous about. Jack Tate, the oldest of the three oilmen spoke then."If we do what you want this time, are you going to be available to sit down with us in the future, in case we come up with something else?" I like doing business with people who are easy to do business with. I know you all were hoping for a better deal than I'm offering, but I also know that you don't have all the time in the world to get this done. I'm not trying to squeeze you for everything I could get, and I'm not trying to just buy you. The smiles seemed more forced, and when they thought their sponsors and dependants weren't looking, the concubines wore looks of deep concern.Samantha responded by putting on a series of themed dances, with the Colonel's and Admiral's permissions. They knew their sailors and marines needed the distraction. The most popular night was the Battle of Britain theme, where every Marine and Sailor wore RAF dress uniforms from the period, bearing RAF rank as close as possible to their actual rank.. “I’m fine,” Karen answered as she caught the rope he tossed to her. She tied the boat to the dock with practiced ease. She said, “Daddy will be here in a minute. He’s torturing the guy my sister is dating.”“How is he doing that?” Mike asked with a smile. He turned off the motor on the boat.“He’s telling a story about you and him facing down a squad of terrorists who were trying to take out Homeland Security,” Karen answered with a giggle. She didn’t believe that her Daddy was really capable of.