“All right Rachael, Ngozi and Christine, why don’t you relax with me and enjoy some drinks,” I said as I indicated the six-pack beside me- it wa... actually meant for my next door neighbours who had gone to the market to buy some food stuff.They all took a can of Beck’s each, popped them open and began drinking. I made small talk about anything and everything. I complimented them on their looks, complimented the UK penchant for going near-naked during summer and even complimented God for the. " We would still have to make delivery," Tom mused. "That is time-intensive." He sighed. "We're sticking them out there, but we don't EVEN have the resources to go back and do system checks..."Hu nodded. "They don't talk to us -- or each other, for that matter. No way to get a status. Half of them could be down..." Exactly!" complained Tom. "We need to be able to do maintenance and upgrades and system checks -- and they need to communicate. If a hive ship and its escorts show up in zone for one. As we crawled into our bed for the night, Cassie started to tell us what she wanted."I love cuddling with you guys, even if we don't do anything ... you know what I mean. Anyway, I've been thinking about what I want and there's two things I'd like to do. On the weekend after my birthday, I'd like to have a party here with some of my friends. Would that be OK? Some of them would be boys..." Sandy looked over with a big smile on her face. "Honey, we wondered when you were going to get interested. These are just sheep, it is probably a woman’s job to watch such lambs anyway.”The sergeant looked at her for a long minute and then laughed as he waved his grinning troopers towards the men, “Search these men and call for transport.”He looked at the agent, “Did you call your people for the crime scene?”Agent Johnson nodded, “And another team for support. Some should be arriving shortly in a helicopter.”The sergeant nodded and looked at his men, “I will be in the house talking to the deputy and.