The piece was sweet and did come out almost like a lullaby. While playing, I realized that the three free fingers of my right hand were plucking strin...gs while I picked with my thumb and forefinger. When I played the ending notes the last time through, my eyes were closed as the music was in my head moving through my hands and fingers. The applause from our friends surprised me, startling me from my reverie of the music. When I placed the Les Paul in its case, Lisa hugged me, as did Bonita. The. “Heeeyyy! We’re out here!” we heard Mom’s voice call out faintly. “Why don’t you guys grab a beer and come join us!”“Sounds like they’re on the back porch,” said Dad. Opening the fridge, he grabbed two beers and handed one to me. “By the way,” he whispered, “if hey ask, say that we were helping Jack all day with a little construction project at his camp. That’ll explain all the sun we got.”“Gotcha,” I whispered back, “I just hope we don’t tangled up in our story if they start asking more. “I’m in technical services. I took this assignment from the previous officer, Major Roth. He got promoted out of it and they moved him. So here I am.”“So if you’re REALLY good, you don’t get to stay here?” I said, proud of my thinking.“Not necessarily. And I’m not due for promotion any time soon. I’ve been a major for a year.”“So how long? Six months? A year? Two?”“Probably closer to two, maybe more,” he said. “It’d help if you guys built something impressive.”“Oh, you HEARD the conversation. She didn’t know how she would last another day without wrapping herself around him.When Sean arrived at his truck to meet with Suzie to give her a ride home, she walked over to him with her arms outstretched to give him a kiss. As soon as she stepped within four feet of him, she stepped back and said, “Whoa. I thought that smell of garlic would be gone by now.”“Sorry,” Sean said disappointed that the closest she could get to him was four feet. Of course, what really disappointed him was that he.