“When and if I ever catch up on the worst of this,” he said as he motioned to his desk, “I’m going to bed. When I wake up, I’ll decide.”�...Yes, Sir,” Jeff returned and left before he got drafted into running the base while Whitworth caught up on his finances.In the hallway, Jeff glanced at his watch — not that he needed the watch to know what time it was — but because he had forced the habit. People who didn’t know him tended to get uptight when he always knew what time it was without looking at. Uhhh...” He looked at her nametag. “Chrissie? Nod your head if your name is Chrissie.”The middle-aged brown-haired woman nodded at him, her glazed expression clearing up slightly as she focused on him.“Chrissie, stand on one leg.”She lifted one leg and balanced in place.“Now hop up and down. Stop. Do a handstand. Whoops, lemme help ... Oh, god, sorry about that. Bad idea. Let’s get you upright again.”Chrissie’s skirt had fallen to cover her head and torso when she did her handstand, exposing. ”“Yes, Carol, thank you. T.M.I.” Janice said and paused before asking her next question. “When did he last…with you…..if you….”“This morning.”“The little sod. He said he had a study period.”“Oh he studied all right. Hard! In fact very hard indeed.”“Carol! That’s my son!”“Lucky you! You probably get it for free.”“I don’t get it at ALL! He’s MY SON!”“So what?”“So?…it’s…well….it’s i*****l isn’t it?”“Probably! If you get caught!”“Carol!”“Come on, Jan. If he’s not giving you a seeing to, who. In my timeline, JFK’s response wasn’t ideal in every respect, but it avoided a nuclear war that was more imminent than anyone in the U.S. realized. Finding that compromise meant walking a delicate line between radicals of all views, including hard-liners in the American, Cuban, and Soviet governments.“If things work out, we’ll have a peaceful if diplomatically awkward solution. This will contribute to preventing disasters in a couple of more years, which will strengthen JFK to avoid them.” I.