At one look the map at the base at Ad Dammam made one question the necessity of adding another base in the area. But to have armor and infantry so clo...e to Iran made a lot of sense. Plus to be able to land thousands of troops in C17s and C5s that close was an ace in the hole for operations - if and when it came to that.I closed my folders, placed them in the pile on my desk and walked the Emir Bello back to the map room. On the wall was a map of Africa that had all the publicly known US bases. Sad, huh?”“Pitiful,” said Kelly. “I mean, I see why you're fucking him- he's pretty good-looking- but if he's going to act like that...?”“Jared, why don't you get out of here for five minutes?” asked Dani. “Me and Kelly have some things to talk about.” I was about to protest, but then I saw Dani wink at me. What was she up to? Whatever it was, I wanted to find out.“Fine, sis, I'll be back in five,” I said, gathering my clothes and leaving the room.When I returned four minutes and fifty seconds. “I didn’t think you were coming.” Lexi said? “I couldn’t stay away, besides I really felt guilty.” “Awww, thank you Uncle Stan”, As she looked up into my eyes. I could tell she wanted to kiss me but the other girls were walking with us to the parking lot. The top was down on my Porsche and I put her down in the front seat. “Do you want us to go with you Lexi”, Kaile one her team mates asked. “No, I am fine. Uncle Stan will take care of me”, As Lexi beamed up at me. “Ok, but text me and. ” I stopped and worried for a moment that I had hurt her. “May I speak Jimmy?” I nodded. She couldn’t see it of course. “The hand is not the best tool to use. Your mother will take something with a lot more sting. But you can do better than this. Harder, please.” I started hitting her with all I had. After about twenty more my hand really stung. “That’s all I have Grandmother. You can get up now.” Grandmother got back up on her knees and I could see a sparkle in her eyes. “Those last.