Let’s just say that the family dog came to a sticky end.”“Yuck. So what did he do between the Army and working for us?”“He doesn’t work fo... us. At least not officially. Wish he did. Ed came to SIB’s attention when they investigated the dog incident. They couldn’t prove anything, so there was never a court-martial. But they flagged him, and a few months later he was recruited to a section of the army that suited him perfectly.”“You said he got kicked out.”“Well, yes and no. The unit he went to. McShane was in his office when Jessica came to deliver her report. The secretary waived her by. She was surprised to hear laughter from within. Jessica was further surprised to see Jenkins and McShane laughing, apparently over some jest by the techie. McShane's mirth faded as he saw Jessica enter."Sit down Jessica." He instructed, motioning to a chair.Jenkins quit laughing as well, though a certain light danced in his eyes. He nodded to her and gave a somewhat less formal greeting than. "So, what did you get?" Nothing you need to know about until tomorrow," Sam said, smiling broad smile.Cat cocked her head to the side, but didn't bother with pressing Sam to reveal her secret. After all, she did love surprises. And Sam’s smiles.* * *"Sam, are you sure about this?" Cat asked the next night, peeking outside the bedroom door wondering what she was doing."Trust me, kitten," Sam waved her off nonchalantly. "This is gonna be so fun." But what about-" Cat began."I've already taken. I slept like a baby that night.The next morning it was Kat the one that woke me up, she was already in her bathing suit and told me everyone was heading to the beach and that jimmy and his sister where already waiting for me. I jumped out of bed went to the bath room and in 10 minutes I was already out the door with Jimmy and MarieThat day we had a blast, and at the end when it was starting to get dark someone had the idea to have a fire at the beach, it sounded like a plan, my dad and mom.