I was sitting behind the desk in my home office with my 1911 A1 Colt .45 on the desk in front of me. There was a round in the chamber and I was watchi...g the door to the office and waiting for it to open.The events that led up to me sitting there watching that door took place almost a month before and I didn't even know it at the time. I had come home from one of my trips expecting to enjoy the rest of the week with Betsy, but Betsy was a little cool toward me when I got home. When I tried to. ”Chuckling Jess entered followed by a now dressed Tammy wearing boy clothes that were befitting a pretty Tomboy.Jess proceeded to outline their plans for the rest of the day and asked if I would like to accompany them to which I replied that I would meet them for dinner and a show after thus giving them some time together.At the appointed time we met in the restaurant where I kissed Tammy on the cheek and complimented him on his choice of dresses we then had a fine meal before attending the. “Not hardly. When I was a little kid, I was nothing but skin and bones. I have to work at it. Besides, a soldier can’t afford to be fat; I need the muscle.”“I find that hard to believe, too. I can’t see you as a soldier.”“Hey, you saw the ‘Wall of Heroes.’ Even if I get drummed out of the family, my mother will put my boot camp photo up there next year,” I told her.We talked some more about the road trip that summer, although I avoided discussion of my winning at the casino in Las Vegas. We. “At ease and be seated,” he replied, and the crew sat down. “You may all serve yourselves. After last night’s ... activities, I’m sure everyone here must be starving.”A round of giggling followed that comment, and the ladies started digging into the stacks of food in front of them. Alex helped himself to some maple sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, a large glass of orange juice and a large mug of coffee. It was times like this that he was glad the Perseus was so well stocked, as he.