Inkie quipped. Helva was not above gallows humor. Helva hesitated, then continued, Helva appeared to be weeping, After a pause, Helva finished, The...e wasn’t much that Inkie could say beyond, Helva said, Wendy, make that Cadet Wendy Darling, sat almost glued to Vivie’s side. In only a short time, she’d done her best to become indispensable to Vivie, started formal martial arts and weapons training, and spent as much time as she could scrounge in a sleep trainer studying war: weapons,. “So, Olive-” Eleanor had deliberately intensified her gaze, making eye contact with Olive, unflinching and forceful. She lowered her voice slightly and it had the effect of compelling Olive to lean closer into it rather than away. Eleanor’s unyielding stare had its desired effect. Olive seemed to shrink slightly, and tried not to fidget. She lowered her eyes demurely to her hands, seeming incapable of raising them to meet Eleanor’s. Eleanor immediately softened, satisfied with this small sign. “You stink. Have you been smoking that horrible pipe again?”Sir Michael just smiled indulgently. “When did you get in love?”“Just as you were leaving on your inspection. I nearly followed you but I could hear Grip and Fang barking.” Millie was a lover of Lord of The Rings; the books, not the films, and she had named the two puppies that had been recovered after two of Farmer Maggot’s three dogs. They always had been more her dogs than his.“Oops sorry,” her father said, a slightly embarrassed. Sometimes he would look in my direction with a smile on his face.” Abe did the same but the look on his face was more of a satisfied look. I think he knew for certain that he would be fucking her. He was a patient man and he enjoyed the wait. When Trish appeared he stood up. He cried out, “Wow,” but I didn’t really pay much attention to it. My eyes instead were fixed on the obscene bulge in the front of his trousers. Trish and Abe kissed. It was brief, almost as brief as the brush of her hand.