”“We do. And, don’t get me wrong, I love Kelsey and think she cute as hell. I just want to be sure. But what about you—are you seeing someone?...��“No. Just finishing my doctorate, I’ve been too busy to look.”“Linc, why don’t you ask Dany out? I mean, you two are like peas in a pod and seem perfect for each other. Plus, look at her in that swimsuit. When she’s not wearing those dumpy clothes, she’s really pretty and that body looks snuggle-perfect.”Linc often asked himself the same thing. ‘Brad. I knew my Petunia was still waving those panties at me and sniffing them now and then trying to determine their origin. I even saw her stealing a pair of my sister Mabel’s undies to check them for their stink in comparison. I came close to busting out laughing because my sister Mabel was about as religious person I knew and she would only go down on her knees to prayer for someone’s salvation and couldn’t even bear to think that our Ma and Pa had actually done the “evil deed” to make us kids. The new arrivals in New York Harbor of immigrants from Europe swelled the ranks of the Union Army and they also had the advantage of pushing the escaped Negros into military service to provide additional logistical and field support assets needed by large armies in the midst of battle.My low rank precluded me from making too many intuitive suggestions to the lower ranking officers in charge but I did do it in the manner of commenting and "thinking out loud" that was merely taken by those. Walking back through the jungle at night was like going through a dark warehouse all by yourself. Every shadow, every branch, every leaf flapping made your head turn. You always have a gut dropping feeling and that annoying "someone's following me " feeling. You can't really move fast without kissing dirt along the way. I was just about back to camp when I heard that sound I always dreaded. Wild pigs crashing through the jungle in my direction. Just as I started reaching for the closest branch.