Other messengers reported that the Duke of Everdun had a good part of his own army on the way, estimated now to be about three days away still, but th...re was much uncertainty as to whether the town could hold for yet another three days.With these fresh reports from the town's defenders, Rowan wrote a message to be smuggled back into the town that his brigade was nearby and that the town must hold for just one more day, until his stragglers could be collected and his weary troops rested just a. I agreed, and said I would pick her up at 8. We kissed a bit more in front of her house, and I waited to make sure she was safely inside before I headed on home.I was on tenterhooks all day, and as soon as I closed the shop I was in the bunker and changed into black sweats. Dressing in my Bohica Garb I carefully slipped onto the roof then almost sprinted 4 blocks before I could safely drop back to the ground. I almost trotted to the garage, and saw Diana and Doug sitting in a car waiting for. But being the stubborn woman that she was, she just couldn't see playing his game. With a sigh, she started from the water. "I don't feel up to playing your games tonight, Keith. So I'm going to get my clothing from you and then, if you want, you can call the cops and have me arrested for trespassing."Keith smiled, his lips twisting in a crooked grin that made him all the more handsome. His green eyes riveted upon her body as it emerged from the water. The moon made the drops on her skin seem. I told Olga that it was imperative that she stay out of sight in the immediate area of the base because it would be hard for me to explain why I had a Russian national tagging along with me as I transited out of Croatia into Italy. There were so many new countries now in what used to constitute the old Eastern Bloc that I sometimes got them confused and insulted newly liberated regions. Of course, the glue that held old Yugoslavia together was the iron hand of Tito, the ultimate chessmaster,.