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and I believe she’ll talk to him later if she stays to see Red work.
Red rested his chin on my knee. “Lao is one of the three women I smell on Devon,” he confirmed.
“It seems Red agrees with you, sir.” I sighed, “I’d rather not have Devon here either. The relationship is long over for me, but he appears to be carrying some residual antipathy.”
“It’s no problem for one of us to drive you to the Base when we have finished up here,” David told him.
“Okay, then, let’s dump the ballast, and get the show on the road,” the colonel said.
Chapter Six
Bas tells me that Devon actually pouted when Colonel Spencer told him he would not be needed for the rest of the day. Lt. Lao was asked to transcribe the notes from the meeting in the cave and have them typed up for the colonel so he could review them when he returned tonight. The colonel’s group had a five o’clock, excuse me, an oh-five hundred, departure time in the morning. It was a legitimate excuse to get rid of them, giving the colonel time to review and make changes and additions to the notes Lao had taken from the drone presentation.
Colonel Spencer, and Lieutenants Mercer and Osborn accompanied the departing officers to the vehicle to get their personal items; our team chatted briefly while we waited. Talk turned to Devon and his odd behavior before lunch. Bas and David were more pissed off at my ex’s bad manners than I was. “He’s not worth worrying about,” I stated firmly.
“The guy’s an idiot,” David said, laying a tender kiss against my forehead. The soft exhalation of breathe tickled the fine hair at my temple. “He showed a complete lack of respect for you.”
“Funny, I don’t remember him being that much of an ass when he and I were dating. We dated for four or five weeks before things ever got serious. It had been pretty casual up to that point.”
Bas sneered disdainfully, “He acted like it was a great love affair.”
Shaking my head resolutely, “He was no one special in my life. Lighten up, guys, it’s not as if my heart was broken.”
“What’s broken?” Ken asked as he walked through the room toward the kitchen, obviously having missed the whole conversation. “Shall I grab a roll of duct tape?”
“Duct tape can’t fix stupid,” Bas growled.
“Maybe not,” Red replied, “but it can hold it down and muffle the screams.”
Oh. My. God! Where does the dog come up with this stuff? I was laughing so hard, it took me a couple of tries to pass on Red’s comment to the rest of the group. Oh Man, he gets an extra dog cookie for that one.
As if reading my mind, David laughingly told Red to go get himself a treat from the pantry.
“Score!” I heard my dog say, before he took off to get his reward.
There was a brief knock at the door, as the colonel and his trusted staff returned. Ken took care of coats, purses, briefcases, and whatever else the group brought back with them. We were definitely going to need to give Ken a nice Christmas bonus this year.
We decided to assemble in the dining room again, now that Ken had cleared away the lunch clutter, it was a perfect place to chat. I was loving the enormous table that now took up a hefty portion of the dining area. It was David who decided to change out my four-person set when he moved in; I thought his choice of a ten seat table set was a bit much, but I was seeing the wisdom of his forethought as we always seemed to entertain large groups of people.
Ken had placed a couple carafes of coffee out, along with an assortment of cookies. I had my mug and a few peanut butter cookies on my plate when David started explaining about our work with the Spokane police department.
“The incident that prompted Captain Blair’s appearance this morning occurred a few months ago when we were completing some tests at the police department to prove Red and Teresa’s abilities.
Red rested his chin on my knee. “Lao is one of the three women I smell on Devon,” he confirmed.
“It seems Red agrees with you, sir.” I sighed, “I’d rather not have Devon here either. The relationship is long over for me, but he appears to be carrying some residual antipathy.”
“It’s no problem for one of us to drive you to the Base when we have finished up here,” David told him.
“Okay, then, let’s dump the ballast, and get the show on the road,” the colonel said.
Chapter Six
Bas tells me that Devon actually pouted when Colonel Spencer told him he would not be needed for the rest of the day. Lt. Lao was asked to transcribe the notes from the meeting in the cave and have them typed up for the colonel so he could review them when he returned tonight. The colonel’s group had a five o’clock, excuse me, an oh-five hundred, departure time in the morning. It was a legitimate excuse to get rid of them, giving the colonel time to review and make changes and additions to the notes Lao had taken from the drone presentation.
Colonel Spencer, and Lieutenants Mercer and Osborn accompanied the departing officers to the vehicle to get their personal items; our team chatted briefly while we waited. Talk turned to Devon and his odd behavior before lunch. Bas and David were more pissed off at my ex’s bad manners than I was. “He’s not worth worrying about,” I stated firmly.
“The guy’s an idiot,” David said, laying a tender kiss against my forehead. The soft exhalation of breathe tickled the fine hair at my temple. “He showed a complete lack of respect for you.”
“Funny, I don’t remember him being that much of an ass when he and I were dating. We dated for four or five weeks before things ever got serious. It had been pretty casual up to that point.”
Bas sneered disdainfully, “He acted like it was a great love affair.”
Shaking my head resolutely, “He was no one special in my life. Lighten up, guys, it’s not as if my heart was broken.”
“What’s broken?” Ken asked as he walked through the room toward the kitchen, obviously having missed the whole conversation. “Shall I grab a roll of duct tape?”
“Duct tape can’t fix stupid,” Bas growled.
“Maybe not,” Red replied, “but it can hold it down and muffle the screams.”
Oh. My. God! Where does the dog come up with this stuff? I was laughing so hard, it took me a couple of tries to pass on Red’s comment to the rest of the group. Oh Man, he gets an extra dog cookie for that one.
As if reading my mind, David laughingly told Red to go get himself a treat from the pantry.
“Score!” I heard my dog say, before he took off to get his reward.
There was a brief knock at the door, as the colonel and his trusted staff returned. Ken took care of coats, purses, briefcases, and whatever else the group brought back with them. We were definitely going to need to give Ken a nice Christmas bonus this year.
We decided to assemble in the dining room again, now that Ken had cleared away the lunch clutter, it was a perfect place to chat. I was loving the enormous table that now took up a hefty portion of the dining area. It was David who decided to change out my four-person set when he moved in; I thought his choice of a ten seat table set was a bit much, but I was seeing the wisdom of his forethought as we always seemed to entertain large groups of people.
Ken had placed a couple carafes of coffee out, along with an assortment of cookies. I had my mug and a few peanut butter cookies on my plate when David started explaining about our work with the Spokane police department.
“The incident that prompted Captain Blair’s appearance this morning occurred a few months ago when we were completing some tests at the police department to prove Red and Teresa’s abilities.
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