I turned the handle and pushed them open and stepped aside for him to enter. I followed and gasped when I saw the immaculate room. The room was beauti...ul, decorated in luxuriant fabrics, shiny metals, sparkling glass and rich colors. A large king sized bed filled the center of one wall. I pointed to the head of the bed, indicating that Ben should place Leah there. As he did, she spoke."I haven't been in this room for, well, years. After the accident it just made more sense to put our room on. "The next morning, as we lay in each others arms, I tell him that today we do our first poolside fuck, audience and all. "Well, having Erin and Mia there won't slow me down. God, I love fucking you. You are so good." "Maybe we should put on a little show for them. How about doing it 'doggie-style,' that hasn't been done by the pool yet."So, after lunch, Mia and Erin come through the house out to the pool, strip down and start putting on tanning lotion. They are getting beautiful all-over tans. That would be an interesting conversation for sure.I carried the rest and the mug back to the meeting room.The Admiral, the Secretary of Defense and the Chief of Naval Operations were on phones.I decided that Frank, Ben, Troy, Art when he arrived and I would move to the Oval Office for our discussion. That would allow the defense people more time to get answers.I rapped the table. ‘‘I have an emergency meeting - I will be back in an hour so you have a little more time to get answers. I will. Soldier's tea, they had called it in the desert - it could bring a wounded man round and give him the fire to keep fighting. As he stirred, he felt old aches and pains reassert themselves. Twenty years, he thought, twenty years wedded to the sword for a king now dead, and all I have to show for it are scars and silver hair. Now he hunted, sold furs, and waited. For what he didn't know. Something like redemption, perhaps, for his past sins. Or else, death. He heard a faint moan from the bed..