He began slipping on his clothes. Linda went into the bathroom, straightened her hair and applied a little makeup. Then she put her silky dark-blue dr...ess back on, but left her bra off. She thought about leaving off her the rest of her underthings, too, but couldn’t quite bring herself to do that. She’d never before gone out in public wearing so little under her clothes. A while later, they were seated in a shadowy booth in a nice restaurant in another town, one where Linda wasn’t likely to be. This all started for me when I was fresh out of the service. The God damn Muslims were trying to overtake the good old US of A. Man that was a big mistake. I can’t see them trying that again; they may have been a huge part of the population at one time. The nukes that were dropped on the Middle East were pretty decisive. Make the shit that happened in Japan in the 40’s look like a kids corner fire-cracker display. The day the final Peace agreement was signed, I knew that my Military career was. ." she muttered, shaking her head."Stunning, dazzling, radiating?" Yes, I guess, I'm sorry," she apologized, turning to the door again.Once again, I grabbed her arm. "It's fine, Mary; I'm not mad."She turned back. "You have probably the sexiest body on the face of the planet, and you're like the coolest mom ever." Is your dad here?" He's in the living room." He's not watching the football game, is he?" I don't know." Would you like to feel them, Mary?" What are you talking about, Michelle?"I. . or something?”Hopkins grinned, seeming to be not at all upset, and replied, “Because I’m the only one who knows what’s what on the plant floor ... besides Chester Klem, that is.”Kimberly just shook her head. In a few moments they reached the machine that Precision Manufacturing wanted repaired or replaced on AT’s nickel. It was still in operation, so Kim asked Mark to give the operator a break so that she could inspect it. He did, and then watched as Kim expertly opened the inspection.