After sucking on his earlobe for a minute, he caved in and confessed to liking the tall mocha-skinned girl. Her nationality was a mystery, probably a ...ix of Pacific Islander and African, but she was gorgeous. Admittedly, I was a little jealous at first. Being in my late twenties, I wasn’t exactly chopped liver, but I wasn’t tight like the dancer. Few women were. Still, I could definitely understand why she was his favorite. I waved to her when she left the stage and she came straight over. Brad. But on that Saturday morning, in the cold light of day, that whirlwind of emotions was alive and well, and tossing me around in a way I’d never experienced before in my life. My confusion and disorientation were all the more extreme, because I’d not expected to be feeling like this. In my naivety, having seen Daryl and Jill together at the party a week ago, I thought I knew what to expect and that I’d be totally cool with what I’d see.But seeing them last week, together for less than an hour. Twenty years ago he’d taught me how to create a second skin as he called it. Yes, I had a driver’s license, credit cards, social security number, and even a passport locked in a safe deposit box at the bank that had my picture but a different identity. It took years of planning and maintenance to establish a good cover, and secrecy above all else. Lars had suggested that he would be assigning the same task for his undercover operations class in the fall. Not even he knew I had maintained my. There were thousands of the older C130s still serving around the world. While looking at the plane, I remembered falling asleep to the sounds of them landing and taking off in the sandbox. I was surprised that they were here.This Air National Guard unit was well known for its A10 Thunderbolt, affectionatly known as Warthogs or just Hogs to ground troops. They were built right here in Maryland by Fairchild Republic.A couple of walks around the C130 with the privates trying to impress us that.