)Mr. Aronoff and Ken arrive when we are nearly done, but they are not alone. Two strangers, young burly men are with them. At first, I think they ar...e men from nightclub, but they are not. Mr. Aronoff announces we will be posing with them all day. No sex, no "hanky panky", he says, just posing. I overhear him ask Ana how much was spent at shopping, and I think about the money we owe. Posing with men will be strange, but I must do it.Men are named Kurt, from Germany, and Josef, and are. The other women knew of Connie's attachment to me, so they covered for her when any of the visiting soldiers wanted to dance or just to talk English with a woman.Connie's shift was over with just enough time to drive me back to base, so we had no time for hanky-panky. We found that our previous night's activities were enough to hold us for a while, so we were completely happy just being together for the few hours that we had. I promised to see her the next time I could get a pass, but I had no. "We put up a partial shield with too many openings. We needed radar, at least to receive. The exhaust for the diesel engines and the jets had to be made. Jonna checked on the Andis. We shifted over to that ship and set up a similar portal. This ship was being harassed and some holes were in our bow. A flair had been shot at the ship and the plane had jinked and ran. The pilot thought the heat source was a missile. A radar at the frequency of a Sam did even better at clearing the air. Since this. He’s not exactly the museum type.’ Nicholas gave her a knowing smile and turned the teapot. It was one of those strange quirky things he did. He always turned it clockwise for three rotations and then counter clockwise for three rotations. He poured the tea and handed her a cup. He had already put honey in it and it was sweet and fragrant and soothing. ‘You were together for eight months right?’ She nodded. ‘Eight months and you never did the thing that you put at the top of your list of.
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