" Nonsense. I shouldn't be gone much more that an hour. Stick around and find out what Babs has to say about the places she has found out about."Babs ...aughed and said, "Don't worry Brian, I won't take advantage of you" and we all laughed and I headed off to rescue my mother.I hadn't been gone from the house five minutes when my cell phone beeped and when I answered it it was my mom calling to tell me that she had finally gotten a hold of my dad and he was on the way. I turned around and made. Or three or six. Combat between equals is something never forgotten ... it's an experience that 98% of American pilots haven't had since Vietnam ... shooting machine-guns at and being shot at by machine-guns in return.Missiles are considerably less personal than bullets and these old men knew the difference ... more than once.Air combat ... if you lived through it, it was a great teacher. The veterans learned lessons never forgot.Surprise, surprise, surprise Sgt. Carter ... although, in this. "You sir!" I looked around to see who he was talking to till he pointed at me "Yes you come here." I walked over to the dusty looking man and he pulled out a blue amulet. "This is a one of a kind enchantment, it gives the wearer the ability to grow wings and fly. It looks like it would fit a person like yourself for about... one thousand paes. what do you say?" The merchant said with a greedy smile. Now on one hand, I could've just walked away at that point and not looked back but on the other. He was as tall as Harley and Dean and probably the best looking of the boys, Harry and Maggie Barnes had produced. But she knew guys like him didn’t look at girls like her unless they were looking for a quick fuck. There had been enough guys back home that had made that perfectly clear to her for as long as she could remember almost. One had been very clear. ‘You’re a good cocksucker Keni, but you better be willing to give up more if you want any man to pay attention to you. And then you better.