Chapter 40: Chapter 39

Connecticut enjoyed pushing her sister's buttons. Carter was so easy to tease it wasn't even funny. But it wasn't trolling that brought her to the San Diego waterfront. She leaned back, relaxing as she watched her sister engage in some friendly sparing with Traeger. The destroyer seemed to be a reluctant partner judging by how she was holding back but the joy on her face was genuine. Next to Connecticut, Nebraska leaned against her dock. The old boomer was the master troll of the fleet and was here for the same reason Connecticut was. To watch and hopefully gather some good blackmail material.