“…I reckon that he would give almost anything for a bit of relief.” In the next few seconds Heathers face conveyed a mix of emotions. At first s...e looked shocked, then pensive and, finally, amused. “When did you last give him painkillers?” “About half an hour ago. They should be working by now.” Heather checked the corridor and then came up close to me. “Is she right? Would you do anything?” “Please…just help me out.” “Well if we do something for you it’s only fair that you do something in. A human who was close to the royal Princess. In hiding she'd come closeto the Princess, and both their daughters had grown up in the care of theRoyal House of Burma. Her daughter Sylvia became a diplomat to the UnitedStates. And when the youngest Princess had married, Sylvia was given achild. A very special child, born Steven Winters who would grow up tobecome Colonel Stephanie Winters of the British SAS, and a bodyguard.But then her Laboratory in the jungles of Burma had been discovered byone. ”“After breakfast you should probably call Leo Fischer, and find out what’s holding things up. I’d hate for you to have to move in before the interior is finished.”“You and me both. I’m all for living rough, but I’d like carpet on the floor.”Benny slowly ate his coffee cake while thinking about the problem with the house. He didn’t think it had anything to do with Mr. Martin, but you never knew. It was strange that a process that took him and Tim about a month, had now dragged for three months. We made it over the last ridge and the insurgent camp lay before us. Thick black smoke roiled from the west side; Veronique's job had been to take the generators out first, and clearly she'd done it.Colin popped out the far side of the copter and flew on ahead. As fast as a small plane, but so much tinier and vastly more maneuverable, he was damn near impossible to hit. But he could sweep out any anti-aircraft fire and make safe Dustoff's approach.The copter passed over the 'motor pool'; one.