McFarland and looked over the rest of the security teams’ files and they were all over qualified for this mission. While having such experienced per...onnel should be comforting, it made me wonder what all was expected of this mission, what that is, that I wasn’t aware of. This ship was older and larger than most of the newer ships of similar task, we were like a turtle, heavily armored and well capable of defending ourselves if need be. Why a newer faster ship had not been chose for this task. True, he missed the kids. But Paula may have been right about that; they probably needed time away. Judging by last night, the trip to Mestife had already brought some zip back to their marriage.That thought stirred his loins, and he pointed himself back to the condo, which he could make out as a tall shadowy rectangle against the deep blue night.Drawing closer, he heard voices, easily identified as Sam's Southern drawl and Bobbi Jo's hyper staccato. He came around the side of the patio's side. Told you that I had to work that evening and had plans for later. But I lied. Thrice. First, I told you my date book was clear. When I hung up with you, I called my boss and told him I had strep throat; he worries about nothing more than the wait staff infecting his patrons with dangerous infections. Finally, I lied to my best friend Brenda, cancelling our date to watch the midnight movie playing at the Student Union, using the same strep throat excuse. Damn you.Fifteen minutes later I saw you. .. at least in some regards. However, despite that it’s Charlie’s will tonight, I suspect that we women will ... be able to ... actually, that we will ... modify Dad’s plans at times. Most of those ... modifications will certainly be adding ... personnel, so to speak.”Gracey followed that with a grin at her mom, then said, “As a group, we’re ... We like to get what we want, and one of the aspects of this life that we all absolutely love, is sex with more, often many more, than just two of us..