"Stan continued, "Anyway the Coast Guard guys saw thirty or forty heat signatures on the FLIR in Kotzebue, around the airport, and another dozen in th... village. That is why we sent Healy and Hayes to investigate. Nobody comes outside when the plane flies over, but there are fifteen or so planes on the ground there. From what we gather from our intelligence and your information, Kotzebue is not friendly territory at the moment."Paul asked, "What about the West Coast? We live in Portland. Is. It’s tough to find a man who can handle us, I guess,” April spoke wistfully, making me feel genuine empathy for a moment in spite of my usual cynicism.“Very sorry for both of you, but if I can perhaps relieve her loneliness and yours for a moment, maybe it will be worthwhile, plus I’m not exactly dating anyone myself. Tell me the truth, was that the ulterior motive behind this? A professional repairman could have fixed this easier, but your mother asked a neighbor, namely me. Not that I minded,. This time as Ares slid down the wall he thought damn what the hell was that? Then Ares was unconscious. Ephus was panting with the effort of the second hit. He obviously needed to train more like he had with Bast's brothers like before his confrontation with them.Already on his knees Ephus slowly made his way back to Eris. Touching her throat, he saw that she was no longer struggling. He needed to get it out of her what in the hell that was. Shaking his head, he thought yeah right that was. " What, to a girl?" Yes, why not? Guys love that sort of thing, you know, white wedding gowns, lesbian bridesmaids, a proper church wedding, the whole shooting match, it'd go down a bomb mum."She looked thoughtful as she dressed my hand."Yes it probably would, but we'd have to pay a cameraman, and they don't work for peanuts." I know one who does." Who?" Me."She smiled and kissed my forehead,"Nice try Lenny, but in case you've forgotten, I'm your mother." No, I've not forgotten mum," I said.