When they were picked up at the airport by the Douglases, Dan could hardly contain himself. He told them that he had heard from the German government ...the previous week. An official wanted to know if he was planning on blowing the new Kelly Jackson Bridge. It was no problem, of course, it was just that they wanted to have heavy equipment standing by to clear the rubble from the river.The government official pointed out that the Weser, like so many other rivers in Western Europe, had a great deal. In what seemed like a blink of an eye, snow began falling as winter again took control of the windy city and blanketed the area with ice and snow. The holidays came and went, and Maggie did manage to go to a few Christmas parties, she even had a date or two. Although nothing clicked with the guys she dated, it felt good to her to be out and about. The dark long cold days of winter beat her up a bit, but her good days were starting to outnumber the bad days. Slowly the days grew longer, and. I frowned.“Remember when you first met Livvie? I told you she was a professional?” Dad had half-nostalgic grin.“Yeah. of course. Have I ever apologized enough for that?” I shook my head in embarrassment. I hooked a finger for Bethany to come over.“She laughed about it, I swear she did, once we were alone. Professional, she was a branch manager for a credit union. Yet my boy hears that his dad brought home a professional woman and he jumps straight to prostitute.” He chuckled. “I never. “First Mobile Commo, this is Franklin Commo. Come in. Over.”“Franklin Commo, First Mobile Commo. Send your message. Over.”“First Mobile, Franklin. This message is classified and is encoded. Are you prepared to record? It is to be delivered to your S-2 to be decoded and then delivered to your Commander. Over.”“Franklin, First Mobile. We are ready to record. Send your message. Over.” What followed was a series of grunts and squeaks that lasted for about ten seconds.Sergeant Dohla arrived in S-3.