He hadn’t realised that the invisible force field around his villa was no longer active and he assumed that the senior officers had arrived in an of...icial capacity although he was also puzzled by their unprofessional state of dress. ‘Haven’t you done enough?’ he protested as the senior officers confronted him in the living room where he was sitting surrounded by holographic displays. ‘You take away my freedom. You take away my ability to do research. What more does the Interplanetary Union. She'll probably call you straight away I'd imagine." Yeah, she will. Goodnight Dave. Sleep tight. Love you and all that stuff."Her words stopped me dead. She'd never told me 'love you' before. I knew that there were many things going on in undercurrents and Lynn sounded like there may be more to that 'love you' than just a friendly kind of thing. It worried me.The next morning I finished up the yard work around the house and then went for a run. When I got home Lynn was on the front porch with. “All right, how far away were these contacts?” Captain Warren asked.“Dak To was probably the furthest one.”“That really must have been some explosion then,” the Captain stated, and added, “Last night was rather unusual, Baker. Don’t judge things by last night. We all live in bunkers for a reason. That reason is the daily heavy mortar attack that we get.“Also, we don’t get a lot of support out here. Sometimes we get aerial support from the Thai Air Force at Stung Treng, and if we report really. There she was, sitting on her back porch, smiling and enjoying her manicured yard filled with wild flowers and blossoming trees. Christopher passed the bushes that he once ducked between and instead opted for the side gate. She greeted him with her usual smile and a bottle of water.There weren't many things Christopher cared to remember at the 10 year reunion, but Ms. Palmer and her house was the first place he wanted to visit. They remained in touch through the years, while he went away to.