"The threat served its purpose" snarled back the Lieutenant "They might as well be shipped out with the rest of them now." Keep her here as well, we w...ll need someone who can speak Polish again, at the next village" said the other officer pointing at the interpreter. "Strip!" he suddenly commanded the surprised woman. "Let's see if we may have other uses for you, too" he added quietly with a smile.The last of the evicted families were escorted from the comparative warmth of the hall, the. This one was a favor to a friend. For the purposes of the story I'll state that my age at the time was 18 years old. She, however, was 20.My friend Ashley had been my confidant for years. She was an upperlcassman in my high school days and I cared for her very much. She graduated years ahead of me and ahead of her age group. She settled down years later with her boyfriend and high school sweet heart. They were great friends that were even better spouses. However, the had the tendency to. "Of course we can," I answered."Then let's swap the laundry and we can go..." she said.We were on the road again and a half an hour later we were dragging the plane out of the hangar to spend a couple of hours making a grand loop out of a chunk of Alabama, as well as some interesting arrangements of climbs and banks as I showed her the sort of maneuvers she'd be learning once she got old enough to actually log time for her own license."Maybe I oughtta go back to Louisiana an' let Hanna teach me. Thanks for the show, though. It kept me from falling asleep. Everything I saw looks scrumptious."Scrumptious? Where the hell did that word come from?Loren rescued the girls from my teasing and pulled me after her toward the gym."There is a god somewhere that has blessed you. Those two don't even let girls see them in the gym showers and you got an exclusive show. They came from one of the feeder middle schools and only know about you from rumors. No idea what you were saying to them, but they.