” I heard from the kitchen.“Oh sorry Faye,” I disengaged from Alice, “I forgot you wouldn’t know about a halogen hob. It is obscure.”We ma...e lunch, ate it, thanked Faye, and washed up. Then Alice led the way up to the bedroom, because in daylight the net curtains downstairs don’t quite give enough privacy. “Where’s the cover?” she asked.I said nothing, but looked at Faye. It made her anxious, then her sweet face brightened. “I’ll get it,” she said, “it’ll be in the airing cupboard.”Faye spread. As they tucked into a Kansas chili dog with all the trimmings, Bobby remarked, “You know we have only two days left and one of those will be taken up by making sure we reach Dulles airport in time!” Angie looked forlornly at him and said, “I just don’t want this adventure to end!”Bobby responded, “Neither do I, but we can always plan for a bigger longer break here in a couple of years say for our fifth anniversary!” Angie looked seriously at Bobby for a moment and tried to read his thoughts,. I was in ecstasy. She brought the other one to my forehead, pushing my head back, and demanded I open my mouth and stick out my tongue. I did as she told me, and she leaned close, pursing her lips together, letting a hot trail of saliva come straight out of her mouth and onto my outstretched tongue. When it connected, I shivered. She leaned back again and, with her foot still on my forehead and saliva still on my outstretched tongue, ran her other socked foot over my tongue, soft strokes that. Unsurprisingly, there were none."Well, they say no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy, but we haven't even made contact yet." Chuckled the Commodore."I think I know this Commander Braxton. Didn't he take retirement at half pay a few years back? Also, isn't he the father of the marine that's been in the news so much recently?" Commodore Bridger asked."Yes and yes. The Feruthe apparently did us a favor by releasing their battle sensor record. Apparently it opened a whole can of.