Nipochaos
Copyright© 2023 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 7
Mioko Sato ... oh yes ... married ... at a Shinto shrine, by a priest in a ceremony called shinzenshiki, or “marriage before the gods.” And registered at the repository of records ... truly married.
Four children in six years ... all breast fed. She still looks 18. I am the envy of my neighbors ... the men, anyway ... the women? not so much.
I still took my 15 minutes every three weeks
We vacationed at various resorts ... this past summer was Pentwater ... well ... Ludington ... two weeks cruise. Aboard the SS Badger Car Ferry.
Busman’s holiday for me ... Mioko and the children were thrilled.
The Japanese Coast Guard is a commercial venture ... more cops than Navy ... and we have ‘better’ rules and regulations.
Because I was married, and therefore stable, I was promoted to Warrant. A year at warrant (bigger boat and more responsibilities.) and I was comissioned to Ensign, later to Lieutenant JG and then Lieutenant and I had my thirty ... and retirement. I never did get to teach at the ‘academy.’
But ... I’m out now.
Let the fun and games begin! After 30 years of coddling miscreants and smugglers, making sure they get the full extent of the law ... shoot only when shot at ... see they get before a judge ... and be pissed when they get off. Now I can go to go to Chaos ... where I can KILL the bad guys ... love it.
Mioko doesn’t have to make excuses for my ‘fifteen minutes.’ Now she can say, “I have no idea where he’s gone, I hope he’s back soon ... the children are home ... it’s chaos here.”
She was sitting cross-legged on her zabon with a relaxing Japanese chair with a back and no legs for support.
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