We were in the midst of discussing the events of the prior evening, including our frolics afterwards, when the door to the bath opened. As Mary and I ...tared wide-eyed, in stepped James, wearing nothing more than a wide grin and a grand tumescence, with the comment, “Darling, I think you forgot to take care of something!” At Mary’s snort of laughter, James realized that it was more than just me in the bath. Yelling, “Ohmygod!” he bolted from the room, whilst Mary and I laughed uproariously.After. Before Sam noticed Brad though, he had first noticed her for those reasons that men usually first notice women. His eye was caught at first by the sexy curves of her body - the way the thin cotton of her warm-up pants clung to her hips and the ripe curve of her ass cheeks, and the way her hair thinly shrouded the curves of her chest as it laid lazily across her shoulders. Before he knew he'd get caught staring he returned to his business. When he was done picking out what he wanted for dinner. Shook a few hands, gave a few hugs and that was that. No-one from the rear detachment had seen or heard from my family in over a month. Strange.Got a room in the VOQ for the night, being an O-5 has some benefits. Set up an appointment with the post PAC’s deputy commander, a GS-13 I have known since I was a 2LT, for the following morning.Nothing good came out of the meeting except sympathy. The wife had my duly notarized, authorized, legal unrestricted power-of-attorney on file and in-hand, and. I thought about all of the girls I was involved with in one way or another.Birgit wasn’t really a problem. She wasn’t just OK with the situation, it was her doing. I suddenly wondered if she understood what would happen; if I would see the depth of emotion that sex brought; that somehow she was teaching me, and preparing me for our shared future. If so, she was pretty smart. And even if not, it seemed to be working out that way.Mary most certainly wasn’t a problem. With her, it was just raw.