As I left the aircraft, I flashed a smile and sent great accolades her way. She smiled even bigger, but she also began to blush. She asked if I had a ...ard (business card). I produced one, and she said "I'm done end of day today. May I call you?"I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. I told her I'd really enjoy that. Experienced as I am, I was torn between "Oh, Yeah - Right" and "Wow - she knows what she wants!" I paid no mind to things the rest of the day, but was surprised about 8 hours after. Maybe it will keep them on their toes, and it couldn't hurt her confidence." Thanks, Shirl." Thank you, boss."Scott followed an older couple up the stairs to the restaurant space above. Other than a few inspections during construction, Shirl was right, he hadn't spent any time there, and certainly not as a customer. Slipping in and out of the downstairs bar had always been much easier.The subdued lighting for the evening crowd gave the dining room an intimate feel. White tablecloths and a. Actually it was Bennet that drew his gun first."Victoria gasped, "He killed one of the Bennet brothers? Doesn't he know that the others will hunt him down?" She couldn't see Peter's grin when he answered, "Well, it seems that the other Bennet brothers had a little accident the same night, and now there aren't any Bennet brothers left." Victoria shivered. The Bennet brothers had raped more women and killed more men than anybody in the state. They bragged when they did it and if you were the. That confusion came to an end when they scanned through the radio frequencies and happened across the MP force's tactical channel. Upon discovering that Martian troops were invading the base, their grumbling had turned to rage that had quickly been turned upon the six members of the off-load crew. Guns had been pulled and Brett and his people had been ordered into the crew quarters."Sit the fuck down there!" Ordered Braxton, pointing at the floor next to the folded-up sleeping racks. "If any.