" Sure thing," Dora agreed. "I'll leave the door open a crack so we canlisten to him saying how much he hates it. And naturally, we'll hollerif you ...o too far." Oh, I insist," Bob confirmed .Jimmy heard the women moving away and then the glass door sliding partwayclosed. Bob took the leash and walked him unhurriedly around theperimeter of the yard. Jimmy failed to suppress the wordless mewlingvocalizations that bubbled up from his throat. When they stopped, thesissy wasn't even sure what. “Hello love, I didn’t expect you to be home yet.” I pulled back as I noticed the worried expression on her beautiful face. “What’s up love?”“Linda, I, I want to talk about our future a bit.” Wishes stammered.I sat heavily in the chair opposite her, a sudden chill in my stomach.“Our future, why baby, aren’t you happy. I, I thought we were good together.” I could feel a tear trickling down my cheek.Wishes grabbed my hand off of the table and kissed it before she held it to her cheek.“You know I’m. .. or whatever... next year, too.”I dropped back into my chair. The soap bubble drifted over in front of the table, “And I’ve been told that the Winter and Summer Solstices are rather enjoyable, too.” The bubble then popped and disappeared.“She will tire of you eventually,” Kevin said quietly.I looked at him in shock as he continued, “But she holds no grudges when you leave. She even lets you keep the perks of the arrangement.”“Perks?” I asked, trying to keep my voice sounding at least somewhat. Our goal was to build a truly silent, stealth platform for these devices to be installed on. The weapons connections found on most drones were missing on the SWEEP, due to the fact that attaching external weapons systems caused the stealth features of the drone to become moot. Instead we had installed extremely sophisticated cameras and detection equipment that allowed the drone to collect a wide range of intelligence data.I took the opportunity to get together with Emily once more, before work.