And knew what she needed. She had to have been blessed to be born into an extended family as she had. The thought made a tiny tear trickle down her ch...eek, and she reached over and pulled her to her and kissed her full on the lips. "Dave's bringing a friend home from work, Hon. He wants me to meet them wearing the white baby-doll, with nothing under. You might want to freshen up a bit, too. Everything down here is under control, so let's go upstairs. We can take a shower and change for Dave. You. ”After breakfast, I wanted to talk more with Mary about what she had discovered from the diary. We wrapped up warm, and I borrowed a long black oil cloth duster coat that Jack had hanging up on the hall stand that looked like he hadn’t worn for some years and needed re-oiling, particularly along the creases and folds, but I thought it would keep the worst of the weather off.Mary wore a smart tan gabardine Burberry trench coat that she had brought all the way over with her from America, yet, I. The outer trenches are just beyond the turrets."Michael then brought the lights up. "The purpose of the Martello Towers is to turn this planet into a galactic pincushion. Wherever the Sa'arm try to land, there will be a base of support nearby where we can stage attacks from, and where we can retreat to. We don't have all the Martello towers we want, yet, and probably never will, but the more we have the better we can defend our home."And make no mistake, this is our home. We are going to defend. .. on the way to the hospital – the first houseJack and I had succeeded in transitioning the squad from the beach to the first house, had even taken the first room in that house and now we were looking at clearing the rest of the house. I began to pie the doorway when – son of a bitch, I saw a towel ... excuse me insurgent. Thank God he didn't have his weapon ready! I dove out of the way as a short burst of AK fire strafed my previous position.Jack swore and yelled, "Mother fuckers! Trying to.