”“Zero pings only ... aye, captain!” Adam kept his face immersed with his security monitors and I risked a slight smile. The crazy would-be Warl...ck did possess something of a sense of humor and clearly he’d seen the movie “Hunt for Red October”.A few minutes later Phyl returned, complete with a large carafe of fresh hot coffee. She filled up an enormous mug for herself and I accepted a smaller, more standard coffee cup. Adam declined; he maintained that he only ever drank water but he was known. ” Suddenly, her hand shot out to grip his as she doubled over, emitting a short, sharp squeal.“Are you okay?”After a few more moments to catch her breath, she looked up at him with an expression of adoration. “You just made me come. Does that answer your question?”His eyebrows went up. “Really?”“Really.”“Just from telling you that you deserved to be punished?”She shuddered again. “Yes. And if you keep saying it that way, it might happen again.”He grinned. “Does that mean what I think it. The fabric tumbles to the floor. Light streams in, and I take a step back. I stare, just for a moment, at the rumpled pile of loveliness that lies, ruined, on the wooden floorboards.She, too, will lie in pitiful ruins at my feet. LUJesus Christ, what is she wearing? "Stupid." I mentally chastise myself for taking the Lord's name in vain. My eyes roam beyond the bar, following the woman with the chain-link blouse."Excuse me?"Shit. I guess it wasn't mentally after all. "Er...nothing." Right." The. Hild wasn't feeling at all good and I put her to bed. The excitement of coming back home was just too much for her. So Marjorie and I got stuck in getting the place tidied up and things washed. Before we had a meal, we had put all the pots on the fire filled with water.We were going to wash everything before we used them again. While the water was boiling, and the other two were clearing up the mess they had made, Marjorie and I sat at the table. Using the cups on the vacuum flasks had a cup of.