The F-15's and F-16's are bad enough, but you can at least see them coming."The Reagan Battle Group was headed to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico to once ...gain engage the Red Chinese. A coordinated plan with Gen Brubaker would have been good, but Admiral Kitchens was a seagoing Custer, out for the glory for himself. His Battle Group had all but wiped out the Chinese Navy, and sank most of their submarine fleet, and all but the smallest ships in the surface fleet. To himself, Capt Forrest thought. Her name is Casey Samson, a detective from the state police assisting with the investigation.’ The relieved look in Raven’s eyes was not lost on Jordan. ‘How are ya enjoying Shawnee’s little fete? It’s our last blast of the summer.’ ‘It’s nice. Lots of good food.’ Jordan replied, ‘But I would enjoy it more if I didn’t have a murderer to worry about. And how about you? Are you here alone?’ Raven sighed and shook her head, ‘Believe it or not, I am supposed to meet this guy here.’ Jordan felt a. “We’re booked solid for weeks and I still get 30 calls an hour from people expecting us to squeeze them in on 20 minutes’ notice,” she grumbled. “Just go on back to the office. Lauren and her dad are back there.”Phil was still ruminating on his visit with Lauren Piccolo as he opened the apartment door and walked inside. He stopped in his track as two nude butts disappeared down the hallway.Seconds later, Tiffany and Molly – both red-faced with embarrassment – came out wearing clothes.“What are. "We should get married. Oh, wow, Pippa -are we engaged? Are you my fiance? I never thought I'd have one. Are wereally going to get married?"Her eyes shone and her cheeks glowed, but her brows had the questionmark in them that took me back to that moment when I'd first told her Iwas a woman, how long ago that seemed, and she'd begged me not to leaveher. I wondered how many people had ever seen that deep into her."We belong together," I said. "I don't ever want to be without you." I'll never let.