I ran down stairs and found James standing in a towel on the patio. I opened the slider and he rushed in."What the hell… How’d you get down here?�...� I exclaimed.“I crawled out the window and jumped off the roof into the back yard when I heard your mom was here.”I started laughing hysterically. James just stared at me but I couldn't catch my breath. Tears were rolling down my cheeks. He finally asked, “What's so funny?”I started laughing again, then took a deep breath and replied. “Look at you.. She made a logical move, we countered. She made another move, we countered. The playing surface seemed to grow smaller.“I am doing this for you.”It was a lot to absorb. For both of us.“Sweetheart, let us sleep on it tonight.”Chuck switched off the cabin light. The three of us slipped under the sheets, naked, and got still. Chuck lay in the middle, Gina against the bulkhead, and me by the edge in case I needed to pee. A faint light came through the glass port holes enough to make out details in. “I didn’t know you had Embassy duty. How’s your Russian?”“Fluent. Officially, I was a very junior assistant to the Naval Attaché.” Paul looked around the room, carefully. “Sorry, I forget the geas here, that you have the rooms checked, and, overall, it’s a totally secure group. Let’s leave it for now that I helped in some SIGINT, and learned a few fascinating things about Olga, masseuse to the Politburo.”Back to the DiplomaticToday’s negotiations involved considerable information exchange.. I took a look in the mirror, red hair, pale skin, blue eyes…all things I hated growing up, I wanted olive skin with dark hair and eyes like my friend Summer. I had learned to love my body though, I’m a petite 5’4” and have a few curves so it wasn’t all bad. I buttoned my jeans back up and straightened my shirt then went back to my seat and waited for the landing.Although we had all gained British citizenship through my parent’s efforts we had never actually applied for British passports. I had.