"We'll take advantage of the slingshot effect to increase the speed until momentum itself renders them practically unstoppable. Then, we'll take advan...age of this comet here and follow its shadow as it interposes its convenient little self between the targets and ourselves." Elegant," Sam conceded. "It could work. I especially like the 'getting away' part."Wilhelm nodded modestly. "It does have the advantage in that the Sa'arm are unlikely to see it coming." How many missiles?" asked. "I've got the same pressure and fears, and if you don't want to do this, I'm ok with that. But I thought this could be really special. It is our anniversary, after all…"Jade thought about his words, letting them sink in, and then she imagined what he was going to do with her, and she couldn't help getting into the spirit. "Ok… but your fantasy's first…" Why me?" Because," Jade said, standing up and getting a couple bags before heading into the spacious bathroom, "Somehow I think mine might be a. Cousin Bobby had come out of the closet. Cousin Phil lost his construction job and was living in a trailer park. Aunt Phillis was at a San Diego rehab clinic (no wonder) and while she was away her husband had shacked up with a nymphette hairdresser half his age. "What about your love life, Darlin'?" she asked with a pointed look in my direction. "What love life?" I said, perhaps a little wistfully. "I don't have time for a love life." "Figured as much," she said, exhaling a cloud of cigarette. After a couple of weeks of trying and failing, they managed to find a free Thursday evening.They arranged to meet at a pub that neither had frequented before, but was not too far from where either lived, and where they knew they would be able to get a meal if they wanted it. Craig turned up first and sat in the corner, facing the door, with half a pint and a book, the arranged sign so that Ali would know who he was.Ali turned up nearly ten minutes later, all in yellow, her agreed sign, and as.