Her Blue-Eyed Lieutenant (Soldiers 0f Swing Book 3) by Linda Ellen

Author:Linda Ellen [Ellen, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: WWII Era, 1940's, 20th Century, Army Veteran, Civilian Life, Military Service, United States Army, Soldiers 0f Swing Series, Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Romantic Suspense, USO Club
ISBN: 9780990904496
Publisher: Linda Ellen
Published: 2017-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

As the miles rolled by, Julie was deep in thought and not paying much attention to the conversation going on in the front seat of Gene’s car.

Friday had been quite a day. First, she had been at the right place and right time to save her boss from injury and possible death, then after lunch, the storm that had been brewing overhead for hours finally let loose. Even in the large plant, everyone could hear the thunder and see the flashes of lightning outside the windows. It wasn’t long before a particularly bright flash and loud boom preceded all of the lights snapping off at once, and the production line had stopped. Lightning had hit a major transformer.

Without power, the plant was pretty much dead-in-the-water. Repair crews from the Louisville Gas & Electric power company had been dispatched, but they estimated it would take a few hours to fix—especially since the storm raged on.

People were milling around in the dark, trying to see by the light of cigarette lighters and flashlights, until finally Mr. Tucker made the decision to let everyone off early.

So, Julie had huddled under a bank’s recessed doorway in an attempt to stay halfway dry while she waited for a bus to take her out to Fort Knox to spend some time with Vivian at her and Gene’s little one-bedroom duplex apartment. After Gene went off duty, and they shared a delicious supper filled with much laughter and teasing, her brother and sister-in-law had driven Julie out to the farm.

It was a wonderful mini-reunion. Goodness, you’d think I’d been gone a year, she mused as she thought about her mother fixing all of her favorite foods and her brother Jack and his wife, as well as the rest of the family, spending several hours talking, laughing, and asking her a million questions about her job and her life in the “big city.” It was during this interlude that Gene and Viv had made the monumental announcement that they were expecting a baby, and had just found out. Julie was thrilled, but the news actually made her realize how much she missed daily interactions with them—she felt almost out of the loop.

Later, spending the night in her old bedroom that she had shared with her sister all her life had been bittersweet as well. All in all, the time at home had made her almost second-guess her decision to move into Louisville and live “on her own”. Well…on her own as far as being away from the family. At times at the Harriman’s house, it did, indeed, feel as if she were living on her own in a boarding house—one with very little communication with other people. Usually when they ate dinner together, she did most of the talking.

Thinking of the Harrimans; one happy event had occurred during the week. The couple had received a long-overdue letter from their son RJ and had found out that he was doing well. As a member of the 1st Armored

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