I grew up sailing around Cape Cod and Nantucket. I volunteer to serve as First Mate.”“Commander Rogers.”“Sir?”“One of your first tasks on ...this voyage is to teach Ensign Young the dangers of volunteering in this man’s Navy.” The laughter generated by that little interaction did a nice job of preparing the group for what was to come.“Commander Bradford,” Grant said in that same voice of command.“Yes, Sir?”“Pen and paper. I need you to take notes and make sure we haven’t overlooked anything. Also. The clerk in the shop thank them for the donation.Returning to their unit. They looked at the boxes they moved into 2003. Again each box had a journal, in Mrs Romano copperplate handwriting listing how and where the jewellery was obtained, price paid and in most cases the original receipt. Some purchases were in the hundred of thousands. Fred held onto Helena whilst she looked at the contents.Fred lead Helena out of the room, locking the door they went downstairs to the coffee shop. Fred. I'm acting like an upset civilian. I know how to relate things. It's a big part of my job, for crying out loud, and here I am acting like an idiot." Taking a breath, he began."Alesha said that her mother was a drunk, and her stepfather was little better. High school was hell on her. She wore Goodwill clothes and of course because of it was definitely not part of the 'in crowd.' She dated a few times, then went out with this guy four or five times over a couple of weeks. They ... went parking. Eventually, Matthew went back to college, and my best friend Stephanie and I started our classes at the local community college. That first week went well. It was good getting away from my step-brother and not having that weird feeling when I was home.It was business as usual with my mother. She was well on her way with her pregnancy, and it didn’t stop our neighbor John from coming over. I still never understood why my step father didn’t have the balls to kick John out of their marital.