"Well, then I guess that with your busy schedule it wouldn't be a good time for me to invite you to dinner on the patio. Pity, a couple rib-eyes, a fe... glasses of wine, and some adult conversation would make a perfect start to a relaxing weekend." Their two townhouses shared a common patio, and Anthony was always out cooking something on the grill. The invitation was tempting. Why not? she thought. She could let it go further if she chose, and if not... well she was used to meeting her own. " No, I'll only do what I have to do."We went to the house, I unlocked and opened the front door and we went in. Lex took up his digital camera, I waited while he made it ready, and then he followed me to the master bedroom. No reaction from the room when I slowly opened the door. Then I switched on the light and rushed to the bed, dragged off the comforter and just as expected, we saw two naked people sleeping there. One of them was my common-law wife Anna-Lena and the other was Samuel. " What were they?" The first was about her age. She asked how she could be eligible for West Point since she was already a few years older than the maximum permitted age." I remember your memo on that. You took a risk saying that detail could be so easily overcome." I'm sorry, Sir, but I figured we had to move fast." That's true. Luckily we had an agent in the Pentagon who could finesse the paperwork. What was her other question?" She was concerned about Stone finding out she was still in the. We both volunteered for parachute training, and both got our wings and red berets on the same day. We celebrated at a local pub together, although legally I wasn't old enough to drink. We were an odd couple; he was about 5ft 8ins and built like a bull; I was just over 6ft, and as skinny as a rake. I filled out as I got older, but I've never been much heavier than 15 stone. Harry had been educated at Eton College and I had attended Plaistow Comprehensive. He was posh and I was rough. His accent.