..sometimes twice." I sneered at him, his comment sickening me.Rob looked back at me and smiled, "No. I don't think she's your type at all." And why t...e hell would you say that?" The large man growled. "You afraid once she had a REAL man she would kick your scrawny ass out of bed?"The youth laughed and looked at the ground, then turned to me and grinned, "Excuse me April." He then motioned for the ogre to follow him, they moved away for a few steps where they could speak privately. He folded. Shifts worked were three days or nights on and three off alternating between nights and days 7am to pm or vice versa. With commuting to and from our three days off usually ended up as only two full days. Part of our task was to patrol the ten separate missile silos our Launch Control Facility was responsible for when not working as entry controller for the launch site itself. This was the heady days of the Cold War and these warhead mounted nuclear weapons were primed, targeted and ready to go. This proved the last of my nervous condition, since the next day was Sunday, and our first guests were to arrive. James escorted me to church and then back home, and it was early afternoon when the Johnsons arrived. I had pressed upon Mary, my dear friend, and David, her husband, that not only were they invited to our joining, but that they were to consider it a grand vacation and holiday, and were to spend the entire week with us, and to bring their children with them. Mary and David. For a while, things were not that bad, even though her aunt seemed to find a new boyfriend every time the welfare cheque ran out but, two years ago, the last one settled in for good. Ever since that time, her aunt seemed to spend much more time out on the streets, while the boyfriend stayed home with her. He never went out to work but he always seemed to have lots of green in his pocket. Instead, he loafed in the flat, drank beer and watched TV. Sometimes, in the evening, he would go out for a.