" I scrubbed my last plate clean, rinsed it, and before I knew it my my mom was racing down the stairs with a pair of shoes in both hands. She was in ...uch a rush she almost tripped. My Dad was notorious for many things, and one of those was his 'last minute call'. This was where he yelled obnoxiously that you had one minute exactly to be present down stairs, or you'd be left behind. My mom had good reason to be rushing, because he'd actually leave you. He once left me because I was grabbing a. ." Complications?" AIDS may not be the killer it once was, my lord, at least not in the Republic of England," said the doctor, "but your natural defences have nonetheless been weakened as a result of your close encounter with HIV. Not to mention some of the more minor venereal diseases you contracted in the Congo and elsewhere..." It's not your job to lecture me on how I should occupy my leisure time," Sir Norman spat back. "Your job is to cure me." Of course, my lord," said the doctor with a. “First of all, he was acting like a young school boy sent down to talk to the headmaster.” He grinned at the memory. “It turns out that he commands Nellis Air Force Base. It’s the home of the USAF Advanced Fighter School ... sort of the Air Force’s Top Gun. Anyway, the very best pilots the Air Force has are sent to Nellis for advanced training in air combat. And if its students are the best, you can only imagine what their instructors are like. The fact is, I understand, the only flyers. There was no need to turn lights on. He quickly shed his shorts and enjoyed the therapeutic cool of the tiles beneath his feet. The air in the room carried the faint citrus aroma that told him it had recently been cleaned, “I’m getting my money’s worth staying here,” he thought as he rubbed tight chest muscles and again ran his fingers through gritty hair. The water was like a warm massage and the spacious shower alcove gave an added sense of freedom to being nude. He washed his hair then paid.