The following morning, Matt was engaged in his favorite form of exercise, playing basketball. He had been a competent, but not special, player in coll...ege, a 6′ 3′ shooting guard. He loved playing pickup games on the cruise ships’ courts but today he was limited to playing a game of HORSE with the only other player available. He still was a good shooter and, quite easily, had won three straight games and he and his victim, Richard (never addressed as ‘Dick’) Henderson, were drying the sweat off. "Ladies and gentlemen." He announced, "the president of the united states of America!"The crowd cheered as the president herself entered the stage, waving with a big white smile plastered over her face. She was young, well dressed and ruthlessly charismatic. "Hello Nova city!" She called out as the announcer handed her the microphone. "How are ya'll doing today!?" She asked, garnering a new round of applause and cheering from the assembled people."We are here today to celebrate someone very. Wait long?" Less than a minute, Dollars." She was wearing her necklace though the hand was under her uniform shirt. She was still wearing the single chevron. "Good evening, Billy." She and I untangled and I shook hands with Billy. We went through the line. I paid for all three meals. We sat down together and Dollars prayed. I said, "Everything quiet for the evening?"Billy said, "Yes, Sir. Friday's aren't too bad until late if at all. The worry is New Year's Eve. It can get a little rough then.. "Raise you hips for me, Baby. Oh yes, and again, move with me, just like that." Then he couldn't speak, he could only feel—the tightness of her, her heat and her strength as she learned to match his rhythm. Enjoying the feel of the friction between them, they moved apart and then together as if they were dancing, her hands going up and down his back in the same rhythm their bodies were moving.He looked down at her, her eyes closed, smiling with her mouth partly open, the dimple barely.