"His grin was becoming unbearable, but I couldn't break into a smallsmile."I'll give you this sir; I do feel a lot fitter. In fact I feel fitterthan w...en I was a crew chief."We continued the banter as we walked back to the quarters. I saluted andhe left me at the entrance to my section. Instead of the traditional 2mile run every morning I now had 10 gruelling miles to do beforebreakfast every day.* * *It was only 09:30 when I finished dressing, so I headed over to the messhall for a late. " "Oh... but I did..." "Did anyone catch sight of you doing it?" "No... Not that I'm aware of... "That's to say that while I did it a lot, I was very careful when and where I did it." "Good. I'm glad to hear that. "I mean, we've got a good thing going, Gale, and the last thing you and I need is for someone to become overly curious." "I agree. And, I promise that I won't ever do something like I did today ever again. It's just too risky..." "I'll say..." Dennis concurred. "However, I do know. The villain passed them on to his victims, who would see them waft away on a sudden breeze, before being attacked by a monster. So you're trying to bring me to a horrible violent death are you?''Only to save myself. I wouldn't inflict anything like that on you unless it was in a really good cause.''That's your excuse, is it? Fine boyfriend you are.'In the evening, we took the runes with us to the Give and Take. A terrific hunk stood at the bar wearing a denim shirt and a pair of low-cut jeans.. “I know that Chris made you. Do not try to take credit for that.”“Sorry, I should have contextualized that.” I admitted.“No. You were trying to make things seem better than they were. You were trying to make yourself look good. Do not do that with me.” she asserted herself.“Okay, okay.” I backed down defensively.“So now I’m looking for comfort any way I can. Yeah, I drink. I’m having sex with Carson now. I go to parties. I’m looking after myself in the way I want to. And now you’re trying to.