He's a good one." So's Susan, you know." I know. Comes from good people."Giggle again. "Yeah. I like Mizz Kathy! She's like, what's that lady on the o...d TV show? Beaver's mom?"I laughed. "I don't exactly see Kathy as June Cleaver." The Tennessee version!" Cindy's eyes laughed as she talked happily about her friends. "Think about it! Susan's an ONLY child. She's super intelligent. D'ya know how easy it would be to end up screwed up with those credentials?" Good point."She looked smug. "But there. “Good to be home.” He said. He was still in uniform and when he was we always walked a line with him. He was always on duty in that uniform. He dropped his bag by the door and came to sit on the couch with us. “How was your trip, Daddy?” Em asked. “Long. Boring. Unnecessary. Same as always.” He said monotone. “But,” and we heard some excitement in his voice, “But, I’m getting some time off. I want to talk to your mom and you kids and maybe we can take a vacation.”Em jumped up and ran to him “Oh. "She tugged me over to the steps and after a quick slosh to get most of my stuff off herself and me, we climbed out and took a cool shower at the side of the house and stretched out in the shade. Emily cut me off when I started to apologize again."Daniel, stop it. It's OK. It happened. You didn't hurt me."She leaned toward me and I hoped for another kiss on the lips and another taste of her mouth, but she dodged my mouth and kissed my cheek."Let's just relax for a bit."Her eyes crinkled and she. Neither did Adam and Kenneth. But Estelle did learn that the chlamydia did cause her to become sterile. In short, she could no longer have c***dren. That nearly killed her! Her former husband, Kenneth, got similar news. He turned to his ex and spit in her face and walked away. At the one year mark we all met again at the clinic. Rose, Adam, Pamela, Estelle, Joe, and I were declared clean of any disease. Annette, though, was found to have contracted gonorrhea. It seems my almost-wife was having.