It's my private place," he added and looked out toward the lake. "In fact, you're the first woman I've brought here." Really? I'm honored," Janice sai...d sincerely. Then she grew quiet. "Tim would love this place," she said, her face showing a little sadness."What's wrong?" Nothing. I just miss Tim. We're not apart very often." You really love him don't you?" More everyday." Then she felt obligated to answer an unasked question, even thought she couldn't answer honestly. "I suppose you're. First was the woman in my arms - yeah I was in love with her. I didn't want to leave her but I knew what that meant! Life was going to get complicated, - no very complicated for me.Next were thoughts of Banzai - I should have been with him to help keep him in line.Third I considered the Major - I was sure he was going to be a Major pain over all of this.While tried to manage my thoughts, I snuggled closer to Masha and slowly drifted off to sleep...Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed baseThe. Sue and Juanita reported that the satellite TV was working great, as was the satellite phone.The lead Magellan tech came to the helm and said, "It's a pleasure to go out with someone who knows how to sail. You have every square inch of sail out that you can have, including both jibs. This baby is flying. I can't wait to tell Mack that someone who knows how to sail has this boat. This is the biggest he's built. His biggest before this was ninety feet. When this one was picked up by a paid crew. His execution had been faked and he was rescued in quite a spectacular way. NAVINT believes it was the Worm acting for the Kermac.”Stahl grunted a curse in his old native language. “Is our Intel asleep? We are preparing for a possible new Y’All invasionand don’t need any internal security problems. I have a good mind and taking the First fleet straight to Kermac Prime and end it once and for all. If we strike fast, it be over before they know give me the rest of the bad news, somehow I don’t.