All of the Arlo men and most of the women wanted to be in on the punishment detail. It took some persuasion, but I finally convinced them to split up ...nto two equal groups. One group was to go after the bullies while the other group stayed behind to protect the village and, most particularly, the children.There were several adults too old to take an active part in the fighting, so we wound up with 14 men and 14 women in the attackers and the same number to defend the village. I had AI furnish. “I just wanted to remind you to give Sid a call. He has a conference call with the English group at nine,” Mark said. He then proceeded to remind Dexter of all of the things that Sid needed to cover during the conference call. Of course, there was going to be a group presentation at eleven to cover what had been discussed in the conference call.Dexter was regretting his decision to have Sid make the presentation. Sid worked for Jim who worked for Dexter. Mark objected to such a low level person. They host and maintain mainframe computers.”“What kind of research does your friend do?”“Surface Warfare, including Tactical Electronic Warfare and RADAR. I don’t know more than that because it’s all highly classified.”“How do you know her?”“I have quite a few friends in the Navy. This one I met about twelve years ago, when she or her dad flew me back and forth between Cincinnati and Chicago after a friend of mine was in a bad accident. She went to the Academy, served on surface ships, and when. "I will text you later and let you know I'm on my way home. I love you," she said as she walked to the door.Alistair had gotten out and was at the front door."Evening mate!" he said to me. "Fucking hell I cant wait to see that coat of,"f he laughed as she kissed him on the lips and the began to snog him in front of me."Hot to trot already I see!" he laughed."Fucking dripping love," was her reply.They said there goodbyes to me and I watched her clmb in the back alongside a younger woman, her.