Fiona joined them and Scott put his arm around her, both of them sharing a special moment in their child's development.Scott had set up a system of re...ularly exchanging pigeons with the other main settlements. He knew that a pigeon would reasonably quickly come to accept its new dovecote as its home so it really only had a shelf life of a few months before it would become useless as a messenger. Regularly changing them meant that he and Gabrain would always have this communication option open. Although the marriage had not been a success, at least they had done things, now the question was ‘what to do’? It was just a small advert that was next to a larger one dealing with a new hose connection for she knew the back hose definitely needed maintenance. The small advert read. ‘Wanted mature woman to work in a massage parlour, wages negotiated’. She wasn’t a prude although she and her husband had virtually lived separate lives she had taken a course in massage procedure some years. Angie and Greg took Kyle and Mac to the daycare. Soon everyone was on the slopes.I had just finished my first run when Sandy cornered me."Come with me," she ordered.I followed her into the resort and we went and got hot chocolate. The view of the hill was fantastic, as we relaxed."Okay, spill it, what is going on with you and Devin?" Sandy asked.I wasn't sure what I should say. I didn't think I should complain about him trying to steal my girl when she wasn't technically my girl. I decided to. They moved openly, another small demonstration that they were the ones in control.Dan recalled talking to his father, Sergeant Major (Retired) William Miller about his experiences in Vietnam. His dad had been a "Lurp", a member of the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols that had become the 75th Rangers. One of their missions had been to "Take back the night from Charlie". Here they held the night, and planned on keeping it.The point man lifted his hand and issued a sharp challenge. Dan hastened.