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I asked.
    “How about after lunch?”
    The girls were going to take on duty at the bunker for the rest of the afternoon. Thad, Danny and I were going to go grab something to eat real quick, then go get started on the pig project. Sarge said he’d join us. After all, Miss Kay was at Danny’s.

Chapter 3
    M el, Bobby and Miss Kay were sitting on the back porch when we got to the house. Mary was out in the garden and Thad quickly excused himself to join her there. Mel smiled and looked at Miss Kay. “I think there’s a relationship in the works there.”
    Miss Kay giggled just as Sarge walked out onto the porch. Bobbie smiled. “Speaking of relationships.”
    Miss Kay reached over and swatted her on the arm. Mel and Bobbie were laughing as Sarge announced, “Good afternoon, ladies.” He looked around. “What’s so funny?”
    Mel tried to get herself under control as she replied, “Nothing, nothing. We were just talking about something is all.”
    Sarge narrowed his eyes. “Mmm, something huh? It’s been my experience that a bunch of women sitting around are never just talking. ”
    As Mel and Bobbie started to laugh again, Miss Kay got up and told Sarge to take a seat. I looked at Mel with a questioning glance. She waved me off. Guess I’ll hear about it later. We took seats at one of the picnic tables as Miss Kay carried a large pot out and set it on the table. Bobbie went in and came back out with a stack of bowls, and we were each handed a steaming bowl of soup.
    After blowing the steam off, I took a bite. “This is really good. What is it?”
    “Just a vegetable stew,” Miss Kay replied.
    Looking at the bowl, I asked, “No meat?”
    “We’re running really low on meat,” Mel said.
    “I can’t hunt the squirrels anymore. There’s nothing left to hunt now,” Little Bit said. She was sitting on the floor working on a large puzzle.
    “Oh there’s always something to hunt, kiddo,” I said.
    “Yeah. We’ll find something,” Danny added.
    “This sure is a good stew, Miss Kay,” Sarge said.
    “Thank you, Linus,” she replied with a smile.
    “You guys need to figure something out about meat,” Bobbie said.
    “Thad, you gonna eat?” Danny called out.
    Thad looked up and smiled. He spoke to Mary and headed for the porch. As he took a seat, he said, “Sorry, I just gotta tend my plants.”
    “Yeah. You’re tending something,” I replied with a smile.
    Thad visibly blushed and I laughed at him. He shook his head and said, “You a mess Morgan,” and set to the bowl of stew in front of him. After a couple of bites, he looked up at the ladies. “This is really good.”
    “Miss Kay cooked it. We just prepared the veggies,” Mel said.
    Nodding his head, Thad said, “Whoever did, it’s good. You ladies surely do make the most of what we have.”
    “So you guys are going to string some fence today?” Sarge asked.
    “Just hot wire. Give them pigs some place to forage,” Thad said.
    Sarge nodded and scooped another spoon full. “Out behind that pasture in the woods?” Thad nodded and Sarge added, “I’ll send someone over to provide security for you guys.”
    “That would be good,” Danny said.
    Finishing up lunch, I gave Mel a kiss as she was filling a bowl with stew. “Is that for Taylor?” I asked.
    She nodded. “Yeah, she’s sleeping. I’ll take her some lunch.”
    “How’s she feeling?”
    Setting the bowl on the counter Mel replied, “She was in good spirits before taking her nap.”
    And that made me feel good too, very good.
    She turned around. “You going to be here for dinner?”
    “Of course. We’re just going to be putting up some wire. I’ll be over by Thad’s house.”
    She smiled, “Wonderful.”
    “Thank you ladies for the lunch. It was delicious as always,” Sarge said as he picked up his carbine.
    “You’re welcome, guys,” Bobbie said. Then she added, “go find us some meat.”
    “Some meat would be nice,” Miss Kay said.
    Slinging my carbine I