She was the best mother one could be, while simultaneously making his life a misery.She slipped, once or twice throughout the years. She absentmindedl... patted him on the head affectionately once, when he was five, but the spread of warmth throughout her body when she saw him smile got her attention, and she never made that mistake again. She went along to each of his school plays, but after his beaming face spotted her in the crowd, the wetness that followed was like a kick in the stomach, and. I thought I had made everything plain. I therefore thought it was a mere formality. Our "date" would be on top of my bed. I'd even thought of putting a bath towel down on the bed sheets in case either he, or I, or both of us came quickly in our excitement.But Ed really did think this was an ordinary date! Well, at least, I realised this after he'd been with me for a few minutes. He told me what he'd got planned: a trip to the movies... I guess he didn't realise why I looked disappointed. "Is. Hold on" and ducked out of the room.Maeve went to the NCO who ran the com. "If anyone queries the location of this com, what will they get?" The ID of this field unit," she replied."Can you change it to the same one we were using at Headquarters?" Sure, but it's against regulations." Do it; then ask Xing to okay it." Right."When she returned to the room, Pru said, "That went well." When you've been a sergeant major as long as I have, you learn how to communicate. Anyway, Xing's got these people. It had been a few months since she'd last ridden and she was looking forward to it when she pulled up in front of the stable block. She was greeted by the owners a couple in there sixties, who had run the stables as long as Beth could remember."Hello Beth, long time no see," said Charles Granville"Hi Charlie, Meg, how's it going." Fine." Real good thanks."Beth embraced them both and smiled as they took her hands and led her towards the stalls."Reckon you should probably take Spirit out, what do.