“Okay then, why don’t you start at the beginning and tell me the story?”He took a pad and a pen out of his open briefcase and sat back to take n...tes.“All right David,” he said when he was ready, “just start at the beginning and work through to the end.”I began by telling him about LA and the film, and Cal going to Munich. How I’d finished work on the film a few days early, and decided to surprise her in Germany. Then I got to the part where it was me who got the surprise.“So what happened in. From his bottle Rahul poured in my glass and finally we equally shared the bottle. Rahul lighted a cigarette and I shared it with him. Although I had given up smoking long time back, I love smoking while drinking. Since I wanted another cigarette, Rahul thought another beer would be right and we finally ended up finishing three bottles each. On our way up, we were in a great romantic mood. We held each other’s hand and sang at the top of our voices. At one stage Rahul hugged me and I planted. You have no idea, Bryan.”Tears welled up in her eyes. She took another sip from her drink.“You deserve better mom,” I said. “I don’t know why he treats you like he does.”She looked up, her eyes moist, and smiled a little.“That’s very sweet of you to say,” she said. “These last few years have been very difficult. We’re a couple in name only. We do things together with other couples, we go on vacations, but it’s like we do those things not because we want to, but because it’s expected of us as a. "That depends on who you ask," he informed me."So who do you think has him," I asked."Not Al Qaeda, that is probably the good news. We are pretty sure it is Arab mercenaries." he said."How long have they had him?" I asked."Eight hours give or take ten minutes, How close are you to an airport?" he asked."Hold on a second," I said to him. Then to Lucy I asked, "How long to an airport?" There is a small Airport about two hours away," she informed me. I in turn informed the admiral."We will have a.