I didn’t think you’d actually come home when I called you.’ ‘I missed you, too.’ ‘Come here and kiss me,’ Jack said, pushing himself up ...nto his elbows. Ally lifted herself off him and turned around, bringing her mouth down over his. Jack took the opportunity to grab her and pull the nightie off, sitting up and pushing her onto her back as he did so. Her hair fanned out around her face in glorious red waves. He kissed her fiercely, then pulled away. ‘Nicki actually wanted to leave after only an. HAF-10 heavy lifter and airmobile A-5 were ready on almost the same day. Jeff was piloting HAF-10 and Chuck was piloting A-5. HAF-10 had no armament—the tractor beam device and its power supply took up almost all of the interior of the cargo bay. Jake was in HAF-10 with Jeff to operate the heavy lifter. A-5 was to supply any air cover that might be needed.As soon as they flew over the Norfolk naval base, they knew which submarine they wanted. This was one of the larger versions of an attack. .." That caught me by surprise. I knew that I was going tochange, and even knew that I wanted it and was going to like it, nomatter my resistance. But would my speech, my actions, my very self,also be altered? Apparently so. That, it turned out, was too much. Iput my dress back on, walked out into the store (no customers werearound, thank god), and said to Nathan, "I'm going home."I turned to march straight out, but he called after me, "Wait, why?"I stopped, turned back, and said,. They had been scalping tourists most of their lives. Tourists usually got charged double and depended on whether they were polite or not, most got the fresher meat. But if you were a jerk, it was double the cost and salmonella on the menu. However, these days, folks went out of their way keeping the meat LLOONNGG past the due date. The locals ate at home.“Central, this is Patrol 5-A checking in. Nothing to report.”“Copy 5-A. Continue on. Be advised, your relief is gonna be 30 minutes late..