He made a simple marker of a 1x12 and stood over the mound of stones he had piled on top to thwart scavengers."Pa, I know I ain't no parson, but I'm w...at you got. I know you missed Ma something awful and I hope you two are happy together again. Now don't go and get yourself kicked out of Heaven by trying to set up a still. I reckon the Good Lord will have plenty there for you to drink. Tell Ma, Lissie, Dale, and Chuck I said hello. Tell Gramps and Grams I miss 'em. And if'n you get the chance,. ." Not Angus?" We'd rather not, do you mind?" No, not at all," she assured him. The point was moot anyway; MacPherson had busied himself non-stop at the bridge console ever since she'd restored him to his rank, running simulation after simulation in hopes of finding even the slightest advantage to cut back on the time they'd need to reach worm speed. He'd made, she knew, some headway, but he was still at it and she knew he'd be loathe to interrupt his work for even the two hours or so this. He tells me, he gets lucky a lot more often when he gives his wife this stuff." he said smiling and plopping back into the recliner."Some of us don't need to get our wives drunk to get laid," I said joking. I quickly realized this was another case of me coming off as arrogant. A good example of the tension that always existed between us. I thought about trying to step it back but didn't, even though I would take any help to increase sex with Candy. Between work hours and stress, we were lucky. Like they had met somewhere before. But he couldn't figure out where. All week leading up to July 4, Dan really looked forward to finally meeting Roxanna in person, at that parade. But Roxanna never showed up to that first date! Dan showed Roxanna's photo around at the parade. But nobody had seen her. He couldn’t believe that, after finally making his first true soul connection at age 40, she chickened out of their date! And Roxanna hadn’t even called Dan to say she changed her mind! This.