"No pilot, Mr. LeBoeuf?" he asked."Sir, I am a qualified pilot for this harbour, so none is needed." Useful." Well, frankly, Sir, there is little to d... between cruises, so I took the necessary courses more to pass the time than anything."Henry turned and noted that a destroyer had slipped her moorings and was accompanying them out to sea. As they passed the end of the harbour wall and came out into the open sea, Henry lifted the locked panel to which only he had access, and surveyed the buttons. " she replied. "Ok if you need anything I'm here." and I slipped her my number. The patch holders came about after about 20 minutes. They rounded up us prospects and had us do a grocery run, one of the guys from Washington was put in charge of the list and getting us there. I mounted my bike and formed up on him, with Gas and Goblin behind me. We pulled out and Started riding towards the wal-mart. When we arrived we slip up looking for certain items. I was responsible for coffee. As I was. Kim ain't stupid, so she didn't push things when they weren't wanted. That can't have been Kim's idea, I was sure Lupe had put her up to it.Things came to a head one day. I'd been stroking Maria's baby bump. I did that a lot 'cause I thought she needed it. We both remembered that time she'd been sure I'd leave her if she had another man's baby. I wasn't happy about it, but I wasn't blaming her either, so I had her sit next to me for a stroke and a cuddle regularly. Obvious? Yes, of course it. ”“You are not on a God damned Ice cream diet!” I yelled.“Yep,” she said proudly. “In a few weeks, I’ll be as skinny as you are!”“So, what do you need the money for?” I asked.“I need to buy some clothes in smaller sizes,” she said. “I won’t be able to fit these for much longer. I’m gonna want to show off my skinny new bod.”I shook my head and walked past her into the house.“Where are you going?” she bellowed.I showered and made dinner for Bobby and a salad for myself. Bobby looked at me.