”He sat back and looked at his top sergeant, “We were expecting you.”He looked over my uniform carefully, “At first I thought you were a glory...hound but after talking to the top sergeant and a couple of others I was not sure. I am prepared to give you the benefit of doubt. You will be taking the Scout Recon platoon since I understand you have trained with them.”I nodded, “I have sir.”He nodded, “Get with your platoon sergeant. There will be an officers meeting at seventeen hundred.”He gestured. You are not giving you to me, why not at least do this, please da chellam, darling “She thought for a minute and said “Ok fine go for it, but that Vinod idiot is more than Radio Jockey, he will never stop speaking if he is excited, so try to complete the call soon. If not he will be speaking whole night”I’m happy and crawled to her to the same old posture, and called Vinod, phone rang for minutes and Vinod picked up the phone and said in a very weak voice “yesss, Rajesh”Me: What Vinod, your. I was now out on the ocean and riding the swells. The waves would rise and almost obscure the land. Then I would ride up and once again be able to see for miles.Along one shoreline, I noticed a long pier that led out onto the water. I decided that it must be the fishing pier I had seen on the map. I also noticed a bridge beyond that. I had been told that it led out onto a private island. From my understanding, there was a guard stationed at a gate to insure that no rift-raft invaded the private. So the land girls were a useful addition. We had been promised one more girl, but she had not yet arrived.I took the first couple of days quite easy, just helping with little jobs around the farm, when I felt like it I even got up for early morning milking, and quite impressed the girls with my skills in milking. I had been mucking out the cowshed one morning, and when I returned to the kitchen, I found a young attractive lady sitting there talking to Jean.She was introduced to me as Mrs. Angie.