It was nearly midnight, the drive had taken about an hour longer than the usual six because of construction on the highway, and he had been forced to ...eave work later than planned even though he had told his boss about the out of town trip at least two weeks in advance. To make things even worse he was about to spend his first free weekend in a long time in the company of his mother in law, Elle.He put the car in park, and he and Kath got out. Elle was standing on the top of the stairs leading. They sat in companionable silence. Steve returned a soft squeeze when Marie's hand slipped into his, almost unconsciously. They gazed out across the valley, seeing the sprawling townsite with its multi-storied rough planked Main Street buildings, the terraced cabins under rusted sheet metal roofs along the side streets, the steep mountainsides surrounding them, and the magnificent, towering white clouds racing across the heavens above them."He must not kill again," she spoke softly, not turning. Vanessa gave Jared several long, soft kisses on the lips and said, “Well, I suppose you had better get back to mom now. She does seem to get grumpy in the mornings when she doesn’t have her man to snuggle up to during the night. So off you go now. It’s been an amazing first day for me at Blanke Schande College and now I think I need some REAL sleep - no more ‘fucking’ around - just real sleep!”Jared rolled away from Vanessa’s naked body as he got ready to leave the bed then he asked, “So,. His training session had completed with an After Action Review at the fort where he had trained some troops. He was flying into the airport on the morning shuttle flight. Griffith was met at the airport by Sylvia and John together. That was a little unusual, but not terribly so. He was glad to get home. Although he would miss one of the soldiers he'd become very friendly with during their evenings off at the base. Griffith loved these training sessions. They always gave him the opportunity to.