Now I felt like I had achance, if only the boy would meet me.He was at school, and just when I was ready to lose hope, he showed upoutside the door a...ter classes. He wouldn't meet my eyes, but he saidto me, "I have been dreaming of you since just after your attack. In mydreams, you have been begging me to help you. But you don't understandwhat that will cost me." I think I do," I said. I showed him the binder I had gotten from mymom. "Let me tell you a story," I said, "there was a boy with a. But telling us we have to go out there and put together an airplane is just stupid. The damn cats would tear us to shreds.”“Boss, Jaime wants to talk to you,” Tony Blevins said quietly, his dark face calm. He pointed to Hollis’ headset with one massive finger.“Thanks, Tony.” Hollis was thankful that the former Special Forces officer had been assigned to his team. He was the deadliest man Hollis had ever seen. Tony Blevins was the only reason their casualty count wasn’t much higher. When the. I'm sure this is going to make up for my embarrassment." It's going to more than make up for it, you son of a bitch." Thurmanlooked daggers at Grant and then looked back to the ground."What? Come on. Don't get..." Don't you dare say pissy. I'm not a girl yet." Grant bit his tongue andlooked back up at the vents. He studied them. One on each side of theintercom. They probably hooked back up into one tunnel just above theintercom wiring, and then it shouldn't have been that bad of a crawl. "He pulled her close, tucking her tight under his arm. "You'll be okay. My men have done this before and yours have done a lot with undercover ops, even if they aren't joint ops with our men too. I promise you that it'll be safe and run seamlessly."Snuggling in close, she turned and looked up into his eyes. She loved the feeling she had under his arm. Smiling, she said, "I know, Jet. I trust you. I trust my team. And I've worked with Fornell before, many times. I trust you to take care of me..