"That's good. This isn't a day for shopping unless you're a masochist."Mel said, "I would like to hang out with Britt and Chaddie if they don't mind t...o much."Britt said, "I don't know what we'll do. It's pretty and warm enough to try the lake. I really would like to ride over to our private place and look at the water for a while."We had actually gone there and not made love a very few times but it was rare. We cleaned things up around the house and in our room. As we did, Mel watched is.. Seemed like we were old friends. Tom checked me out and complimented me, saying, "Julie you look radiant. I think that's the right word. Earlier you looked sexy, now you look radiant. Jeff is one lucky guy. It's really nice to see you both again. Are you enjoying yourselves?"I leaned over and kissed Tom. I looked into his eyes and said, "That's the nicest compliment I've ever had. Thank you. You've made my vacation. I hope you guys enjoyed your brief stay."Tom looked at me and responded,. Someway and somehow, I knew that this dance was instrumental in my plan to, hopefully, nail my cousin. Then, I came up with the idea of not telling the ladies that I’d be attending the Halloween masquerade party, too. This couldn’t be any more perfect. Yeah, that’s how I could get my cousin to have sex with me, by dressing up in costume and with Dave making up my face, she’d never recognize me. It was perfect. It would be so cool to have Dave do my face and wear one of his masks. I couldn’t. The exception to this was the ever-present U-Boat armada that struck silently from below without warning. All non-Axis shipping became targets regardless of military or civilian purpose.This raid on the Italian navy at Taranto was studied with great interest by the other Axis power, the Imperial Japanese Navy. Historians have opined that the Japanese used it as a blueprint for their much larger attack on the United States Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor the following year.I knew that.