‘Pardon me miss, may I help you?’ ‘I’m staying with Ken, every time I let him get away from me bad shit happens.’ Barb looked over at Ken wi...h raised eyebrows, ‘I thought you said that you didn’t have a girlfriend?’ ‘I don’t, Connie is a friend and co-worker at the lodge.’ Connie was behind him looking at the nurse with a serious expression slowly shaking her head back and forth. ‘Oookaayy.’ Barb turned and led the way to the X-ray room. Back in the waiting room things were more than a little. "Good strong ships, fast and heavily armed but it all takes time. It's down to us to slow things down, give the Navy time." I see," I said. "So, we have to sow these things is hostile space just to give the Navy fat arses time to build the fleet." That's right," he said with a big smile."So, how many of these torpedoes have you got?" I asked."Nearly 5000," he said. "I'm fully loaded with them." Fucking 'ell," I whistled. "So, you sow them and I'm to ride shotgun." That's about the size of it,". S. The Foundation was also involved in some highly visible legitimate charitable work, such as scholarships for deserving students, aid to battered women's shelters, and private adoption services for orphans or unwanted children born out of wedlock.There was even a segment of the Foundation that arranged for business consulting for firms that needed 'hired guns' with certain expertise to correct their business models and help them become competitive once more. There was also a. Ricky sighed and wondered if he would be back there for spring. He had been contemplating for some time the construction of a small house in the paddock with the lake. And then getting someone to live there permanently to look after his property when he was away.The population on the island had grown, and more people passed through every year. He couldn’t leave the area unsupervised for years like he used to. It was one of the reasons that he hadn’t been on any long trips for some time.It was.