’ the woman demanded. Sandra knew she couldn’t stop it. She was going to have to let the woman have her way. She watched as the woman stripped her... of her bra and then her skirt. Then the woman pushed her to a bed and made her lay back. The woman ran her hands slowly up Sandra’s slender legs, her fingers extending to graze the girl’s panties. Sandra shuddered as she felt the woman’s finger touch the thin panties that covered her sex. ‘Please, you have to let me go. This isn’t right. I’m not. He didn’t seem anything all that special. Skinny. Ponytail. Rather short. Hell, I was better looking, and I’d had my nose broken three times. I didn’t wait for any introductions. Jude didn’t seem interested in making them anyway. By the time I crossed the room, there were already four other wives surrounding him and clinging to his every word like the Messiah had come back to Earth.Just before I reached him, I heard Jude giggle and say, “Maybe later, we’ll see how it goes.”I stood tall, making. There was a depth of combat experience in the upper enlisted ranks but the lower ranks were untested and their training in many cases was superficial at best.To make matters worse for the initial American effort, they had to rely on their allies for intelligence and in the case of the British, that intelligence was skewed in favor of bolstering the underpinning of the British overseas empire rather than in keeping losses to a minimum or getting a fair shake in the distribution of high risk. I threaded both arms through the front loop and pulled hard. Grabbing the straps attached to them, I guided each sleeve to the side loops, forcing her to give herself the tightest hug she ever gave herself. When I spun her around again, she leaned back and craned her head towards my ear."You know, I don't need my arms to be a bad girl."Focus on the job."I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I would."Focus on the job."You can even shut me up afterwards. It'll be our little secret."Focus on… well,.