“Then ‘Alba’ needs to stay on this side of the firing line, or Gunnery Sergeant Buck might accidentally plug her in the back of the head. Rookie... cover the right, and I want the Brute on the left. I’ll take the middle. Nothing gets past these steps, understood?”Two Phantoms swooped in over the plaza, their ventral doors opening to disgorge squads of aliens. A small army of Grunts and shield-bearing Jackals dropped to the ground, making their way around the gazebo and across the road, heading. “Which begs the question: why are we all here in your car rather than back at The Dive?”“Earl came back,” Ella said and explained that he was extremely surly. She had already gotten dressed and Earl was threatening to throw me out of his bar as I was – butt naked – if she didn’t get me dressed and out of there. Fortunately, Chloe came in to find out what was taking so long and when she saw me, she helped Ella get me dressed and out to her car.“Thank you, both of you,” I said and then thought. From the way Emma had described his obsession with that style of love-making that most of the girls hated to engage in because it caused a degree of pain as well as pleasure; she knew it would be an experience she would be unlikely to forget. She had been particular careful in her toilet making sure everything was pristine for the project, but her stomach kept churning in anticipation of her face-down performance for the well-endowed young man.The pair of them stood up in the tub and invited. " Of course. And pay well. Greg has done all the groundwork, but the bank won't back him. If I put Scott's money in it would make me a third partner." What do they think of the idea?" They don't know. I wanted to talk to you first. But first you had to understand the way things are between us." I looked into his eyes. "Do you understand?" Yes and no. More importantly, do you? It's an awful lot of money. What if Scott doesn't stay in Greg? What then?"A fleeting smile crossed my lips and I.