He climbed down and got back into the cab and Frank was not far behind. Frank still said nothing to him as he put the truck in gear and made for a gia...t mound of gravel where a loader was waiting for them,They were back on the highway, retracing their steps on the way to the job. Frank broke the ice."Gonna be a hot one today," Frank barked over the growl of the diesel, "over ninety." That's what I heard, Frank. It's over eighty already and it's not even nine o'clock." Those guys on the work. “Let me do the talking,” he warned the two as he opened the door.The shop was cluttered with phony Egyptian artefacts, German and Italian medals, uniform parts and webbing plus helmets and Afrika Korps caps. Junk that the Bedouin had found at the various battles and skirmishes that had taken place which somehow had all arrived here.Shaun knew that Ali did a thriving business with the officers and men who, because of their position in the rear areas, were never likely to hear a shot fired in. Their numbers had decreased dramatically in the centuries before Ricky was born due to indiscriminate hunting by the royal Fayle.When Queen Fleur had become the queen, half of the pride struck had out to claim another set of islands that they believed weren’t occupied by people. Queen Fleur had never heard from them again, so she had no idea if they survived or not. Since then, her pride had had difficulties rebuilding their numbers.One reason the dragons still had a safe bolthole on the island. "Once she finds out that I can still love her after all that she's done, she'll be satisfied, and things will get back to normal." That's what I thought, that's what I hoped for anyway. Unfortunately, that's not what happened.When I got home from work on Monday, I found her lying on our bed naked, with her legs spread wide, and with two of her fingers stuffed up into her hole, she looked up and said, "Good, I've been waiting for you! Come here, I have something for you."I hoped that she was.