The northern lookout point was getting crowded, as three soldiers had joined it, one obviously the boss soldier [[a major]], one a communications guy ...udging by the gear he was carrying, and one a guard, who was helping the other guard look at the house whose property they were having their party on.#7: [[Prof had been unable to call because the baddies had cut our telephone lines and had a cellphone jammer running, so no member of the public who happened to see the soldiers could call to warn. “Say ... what you need to say. I’m sorry if I doze. I can’t seem ... to stay awake.”“I understand, Joe,” Gwen said. “I’ll keep it brief but if you fall asleep please don’t worry. Most of what I need to say is for our kids anyway.”He nodded and she took a deep breath.“Joe, I just wanted to tell you goodbye.”“Already said that ... ten years ago.”“Yes,” she said with a slight tremor in her voice. “I remember. But when I heard you were dying, I knew I still had some things I needed to say to. Lightly!”I found that the Goose flew the direction that the yoke told it to go.I found that the foot pedals made a difference in altitude and that rudder turns were flatter than aileron turns. I had a great time.I don’t know what other instructor pilots are like ... but Junior was great. But ... I didn’t know she was teaching ... if I had ... I probably would have been nervous.We flew for a long time. Long enough to need fuel. Junior got on the ‘horn’ “Wiarton Keppel, Wiarton Keppel, Wiarton. The longing was still there, but it no longer dominated his thoughts.Not long after Liam's reassignment, Darren, Jun, Sun, Mei and Wei made a trip to the west coast to meet with Stephanie's father. Since Stephen Hastings still kept G/WSS as his security contractor, he had been apprised of the situation in Hong Kong and the probable culprit. The problem, of course, continued to weigh on his mind, and he had asked for the meeting to see if there was anything they could do to head off the.