The van needed some refueling. Let’s just chase the tracks. The winds haven’t been too heavy last night.”Ayn nodded. What could have made Xav ru... away? He could pretend all he wanted that he was sure of himself, or else Marcus was going to laugh his ass off, but the truth was he felt restless. Something was amiss, and he needed to know what. Have Xav explain it to him. It could not be that bad. It just couldn’t.“Come on, lover boy,” Marcus’s voice startled him. “Let’s just get that partner of. "*** In the ensuing weeks, Karen made some real progress in her attempts to improveher life. First off, she got a part-time job as a cashier at a nearbyMcDonalds. Then, the week following that, she damn near aced the exam thatqualified her to receive her GED Certificate. Then, just when things were beginning to shape up, tragedy hit. Gabriellasuffered a miscarriage. Oddly enough, Karen seemed to take the loss of Gabriella's unborn baby a lotharder than Gabriella herself did. Her friend's. I had not noticed, but the girls had replaced the under pants I had laid out with the pink pastel panties I had been wearing. I could either put the panties on or go without underpants. I decided I would put the pink panties on and then my pants. I was embarrassed as Johnny, who had commented on my nails, was also getting dressed and I?m certain he saw what I was wearing. He made no comment and we left the dressing room carrying our wet suits.Outside we ran into Jenny who was there already. Last week after dropping off my k**s at school and turning on my Uber app I immediately received a request to pick-up a guy from Bronson Hall which I knew was a Army Hotel that is run by the same people who own Holiday Inn. We’d actually stayed there when my husband was PCS’d by the Air Force out from Asheville, NC to JBLM. In less than 10min I was picking up a very fit looking guy from the front door. He was wearing his ACUs (battle uniform) and I could tell immediately he was a Ranger from.