‘Yes Ed, there is one more thing,’ but the line was dead. *** The following evening, in his study, Tom pushed himself up from the chair, before mo...ing his seventy-year-old frame slowly to the liquor cabinet. After taking out two glasses, he filled them both with Cognac. Then, carrying them carefully back to the desk, he set them down in a ceremonious manner, one beside the other. Settling into the chair again, he positioned himself behind one of the glasses, when the phone rang. ‘Tom?’ Ed. "Nice, Bill; have you thought of what we ought to do first?"He snorted. "No plans; just whatever comes naturally. Or whatever isn't natural. I don't imagine Chuck will want to fuck his own wife first, though. Here--have another drink with me." Sure, but let's not get too much of a head start on the Bakers, though." She accepted the cold martini and took a gulp from the glass. It helped key up her own courage, as had the others she'd downed before. And if she wasn't mistaken, Stella Baker was. . they were shipped dry. And the shipment from Chile to Australia was a ‘Military Readiness’ exercise to ‘See how it Goes.’ When the officers are being evaluated by the competence of their men? Yeah.40 oversize containers were included. I sold three to a woman who needed a home after a messy divorce. She stuck them together in assorted ways until she had a shape she liked, welded ‘em together and lived in ‘em.I sent several containers out to the mine and stored tools in ‘em ... theft stopped.. I was now positive that I might be lucky today. She went inside the kitchen and brought a 1.5L bottle of Pepsi and gave it to me. She’d seen me in my house that I used to drink a whole bottle and that always surprised everyone. But I opened the bottle and poured into the glass and started drinking. She smiled and went inside to freshen up. She returned looking good and then we went to her garden to have some fresh air. I looked up and said – Oh dear, look at the clouds. It’s going to rain like.