"Mikey baby I won't be long baby I'm almost there." Where are you Lauren?"The phone was silent. I had heard enough anyway. "Nice fuck is itLauren," I ...pat out. "You may as well stay with your fucking loverbecause I don't want to see you tonight." Oh baby don't be so mean we are just having some fun." There was thatkissing again."Fuck off Lauren like I said don't come home."I locked the doors and went to bed, it took ages to go to sleep buteventually I dropped off. I slept late as well. I. He was several years older that her, travelled a lot and after their son was born, became more interested in his career than in her. Lucky me.We became fast friends and regular lunch partners. After a coupl of months,she told me that her husband was going to be out of town for the weekend and that there was a summer concert she wanted to go to but didn't want to go alone. Long story short, it was a perfect evening. We drank, and danced. At the end of the evening, I was walking her back to her. And testing.“These things are in really good shape.”“Stored in the Atacama Desert for 40 years.”The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. No moisture means no corrosion ... the aircraft weren’t flown to storage ... they were shipped dry. And the shipment from Chile to Australia was a ‘Military Readiness’ exercise to ‘See how it Goes.’ When the officers are being evaluated by the competence of their men? Yeah.40 oversize containers were included. I sold three to a woman who needed a home. "We're making a big dinner, Dick. Wouldn't it be fun to dress up?" "Sure Liz, where's Dad? Did he go on that helicopter?" Liz turned her head away, and Didi put a hand on her mother's shoulder. It was the young girl who answered "Yeah, he did Ricky. He'll be gone for a week."As he walked upstairs, he shook his head. Alone in this tropical paradise with those two gorgeous females, he thought. Now this is good duty. He remembered the couple of times he had brushed against Liz, and felt a tension.