The office phone rang. Megan quickly walked over and answered it. "Megan here. Hello?" Hi dearest. It's Alvaro." Hi! I was hoping it was you!"Alvaro r...plied, "Before I say anything else, I'm confirming this is a secure line. Level three protocols are in effect."Megan took a moment to smile her husband's dedication to security. As the originator of the call, it was his responsibility to remind her of the level of restrictions in place. Alvaro was with the jet, Megan assumed either still at. I did my term of enlistment in Uncle Sam’s navy, got out, and just started college on the GI Bill when the ball dropped.”“Wait ... you’re an actual veteran?” the man grew a bit flustered when he heard that, “I’m Colonel Burgess Arliss, if you must know. My personal military record is none of your damn business, anyway. Clearly, Uncle Sam’s standards dropped due to the wars if he let the likes of you into the goddamned Navy! No wonder you never got up further than what, E-2, E-3, right?”“E-3,. K: No no. I wanted to come here so I made sure it was safe! ;)R: Today was fun but my favorite part was not the party! It was before that!K: When? :OR: When you gave me a kiss on my cheek? ;)K: Oh yeah! Did you like that? :PR: Liked it? I LOVED it! :DThen she slowly got up and planted another kiss on my cheek and then turned around with her back to mine! That was my green signal!I placed my hand on her shoulder and pulled her around! She turned around and refused to look into my eyes. I closed. A few moments later, they saw the large stream of blood issuing from the gaping hole in his neck. This had not been Maria's exact aiming point, but the fates had conspired to give her a hit that could not be better. Purely by chance at this range, the bullet had passed through both carotid arteries in the chief's neck, severing them both. Billy had been watching through his binoculars and announced, "Excellent shot! But it was just a smidgeon high!" He turned to Maria with a big grin and.