” “Shhh,” he whispered, “I know what your going to say, you’re a boy.” I was totally shocked, and I coloured up. “How, who…!” He ...topped me putting his finger to my lips. “Your sister told Thomas some weeks ago. He told me. I wasn’t sure how to take it at first to be honest. But I’ve grown to love you felicity, and I don’t care what you are or you aren’t, to me you are the most beautiful stunning girl I’ve ever seen.” I burst into tears and kissed him, “I love you Bradley.” My parents. She fed us and we sat across from each other a bit nervously."You in Washington's army?" he asked.I nodded."I was up in Boston with the local militia, Dorchester Heights, but my wife took sick so they let me come home." I was there. You missed a good party when the British left," I said.He smiled at me."This here's a good girl," I said."She is that," he agreed, and then rather reluctantly, he pecked her on the cheek and took his leave.It did not take long for Nancy and me to get back in the bed. On the day I had been ordered to kill her mother. Technically the orders were ‘Extract or Eliminate.’ Meaning if I could extract, or get her out of the situation she was in, without any risk to myself, then I was free to do so, but if there was the slightest risk, then my orders were quite specific: Eliminate the target! I would soon find out there were significant, almost overwhelming risks, so my orders left no room for doubt. That day, her mother was the target. My job was to follow orders,. "A week later, a woman wearing a black pin stripped suit, carrying an attaché briefcase stopped briefly in front of Odessa's National headquarters. Stubbing out a cigarette, she looked the building over with the experienced eye of a person that could break into any building, anywhere. "Shane has done well for himself," she mused."Vicky Brown, long time no see. What have you been up to?'"Cut the shit Shane. Before you would have sent me that letter offering employment, you would have gone.