You will remember it and you will buy me presents. I also insist on cake. I will remind you daily starting two weeks prior to that date. Do I make mys...lf clear?”Smiling, Oscar turned to Georgia and asked, “Did she say it was the Fourth of July?”“I thought she said Labor Day.”“Oh! You two are impossible!” screamed Debbie. She couldn’t believe that the two of them had been together for two years and hadn’t celebrated their birthdays. “What day did you two become a couple?”“Huh?” asked Oscar. He. "Deana, one of the female detectives asked, "What about this Pruett guy? He's still in the hospital, and he's the one supposed to have boffed the two girls." We leave him alone for the moment," the lieutenant said.Deana had another question. "We're outside, they're in the van. How the hell will we know who's doing what, and to whom?"The Lieutenant glared at her, and then turned to the black detective sitting across from Deana. "Johnson, will the sound detector work on this? If so, please. They aren’t hiring us to kill pirates, even though they suspect that we’ll solve it by killing the pirates,” Shield Mandy said.“There’s something wrong here.”“I agree with you. I think that we were trained to cut through the stupidity,” Shield Mandy said.Sword Tomas said, “I can’t wait for us to get a problem that doesn’t involve a bunch of killing. I’d like to solve something using a little diplomacy.”Jade Warriors did not view themselves as killing machines, although they at times acted that. We installed the old mule-operated grinding mills for flour and corn, and stockpiled enough grain and dried and bottled food to feed a thousand people for six months. We also stockpiled coal and firewood, as well as lumber, tools, nails, canvas, and many other things they might need.I’ve filled saddlebags for each of my wives with $5,000 in gold coins, and another $5,000 worth of gold nuggets. The saddlebags hang in a narrow, hidden space behind a fake wall in our bedroom. If necessary, any one.