This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. Life gives you two chances to get it right; be who you want to be, or who you need to be. Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. There is a bit of mangling of the Iliad going on. I apologize to Homer...
Chapter 10. The boys in blue. ************** Back at Renton, Robert reported to Alan in his office. After giving him chapter and verse about the meeting at the ministry. Alan sat back in his chair picking up a note pad, "Well Robbie all the hard work has just about paid off. The final A10 arrives today, and Taff." Referring to Warrant Officer...
I was getting annoyed and discouraged enough now to want to give up. Farah told me to shut up the whining and grow a pair. On the positive side, I was at least getting laid a whole lot more regularly than I had been. The café betting pot was now over $5000. ************* 63. Mademoiselle LePew - This woman who I briefly entertained for a coffee date wore s...
When Ron got back to Pimlico, he cleaned. Vicky and Annabelle were fastidious, and the flat was clean, but it wasn't Household Brigade clean. In his army days, Ron would wear white gloves and would go around the barracks checking for dirt or dust. He'd briefly taught officer cadets at Sandhurst, before everything had kicked off in the Middle East. At Sandhur...
Note: The following two part story is not a Bill & Kate adventure; the events below are a retelling of what happened to my good friend, Jake. I've taken the liberty to tell Jake's tale in the first person, changing the names and using literary license regarding the dialog, most of which I did not hear first-hand. Thanks for reading, Bill ***** PART ONE...
I was in a meeting with Dick Stewart, the Foreign Secretary, and a number of our policy advisors when I heard the news. Mary Walsh, the Foreign Office's Chief Media Officer, tapped on the door and poked her head round it. "Sorry to interrupt folks, but I thought you'd want to know this as soon as possible. The wires are reporting that Nusrat Mohammed's been...
30-year-old Janice Knox looked good in her pale blue skirt with the matching jacket. It looked professional, but still allowed her trim figure to show itself. The fact that it went well with her blonde hair, and that the color of the outfit matched the blue of her eyes didn't hurt at all either. She had been standing in line waiting for her table at Chez Art...
It was a tabloid that thought the main news should be the size of the girls boobs on the inside pages, but this front page showed Terry in what looked to be a night club kissing a man the man grasping her breast, the headline being, 'VC Hero's wife finding solace with American singer whilst he serves in Afghanistan. He turned to the next page Mrs Teresa Ba...
Chapter 51 JENNIFER I recognized the ten year old black Cadillac parked outside the China Palace. It had been in my office parking lot earlier in the day. That meant that it had to be Reverend Archer's car. It really didn't stand out in the China Palace's parking lot, but my shiny BMW would. I could only hope that my paint was still the same, when I finish...
"So is this something else on your bucket list, Spencer?" "I've never been a fan of that term, but yes, it is something I've wanted to do for a very long time. When Jeff was alive we talked about it several times, but with both of us working and him deploying so often, it just never happened, you know?" "I understand. And sorry about my insensitive choice...