You had finished most of your work for the week and decided to play along."No, I will be alone again tonight" she confessed"It would be nice to make t...is day go faster" You said "I agree. Did you have anything in mind?" she asks bringing her finger to her mouth and bitting on her pink fingernails in a provocative manner. This was the most suggestive flirting she had given you. All little surprised you tested her. You rolled your chair back from your desk a little and put your hands behind. In any case, Commander Wallace, we have to figure out what to do with you."There is no doubt in my mind that she recognized my open-mouthed stare as one of shock and she smirked."Yes, Commander Wallace, your naval rank has been set even though admittedly, it is provisional pending successful completion of training. You'll have to spend some time in command school to hone all of the skills needed to manage people in a military environment but your recognized mentoring skills will certainly not. In addition to the gash on my left cheek that needed three stitches, Alexa found two other wounds. I’d been clipped early by a stray round that had pierced the sleeve of my parka, nipping the fleshy part of my left underarm. It was only a scratch and Alexa didn’t even have to stitch it.The second wound was a little more extensive, but not that bad. It was on the outer edge of my right shoulder. Again a round had pierced my parka and my buckskin shirt and the bullet had grazed me. It took two. I had completed my shopping and was pushing through the crowds, making my way to the bus stop in Schlossplatz, when I saw a very agitated Mrs Probert attempting to make herself understood to a West German motor cycle cop, at the junction of the Altstadt and Stechbahn. I went over to her.“Excuse me, I speak German, can I help? What’s the trouble?”Up close Mrs Probert was truly stunning; her tawny red hair fell to her shoulders in shining skeins, and her eyes were deep green, flecked with gold..