“I know what you are going to say but don’t knock it. At the moment due to your action the RAF is the flavour of the month with the British public.... More to the point we are the flavour of the month with the MoD, and we fully intend to exploit that.”Sir John broke in, “As you are aware Flight Lieutenant, the war in Afghanistan is a ground war fought in the main by ground troops. Whilst we know the RAF is involved in it, it doesn’t get much recognition for its efforts. We intend to redress that. “Does she really look old enough to play my mother?” Elaine asked. We all laughed. Elaine was thirty-one and Melanie would be eighteen in July. Stretching a little bit, but not impossible for Elaine to be the mom.“Part of the conflict in the story is the perceived competition between the daughter and her mother, even when young men are concerned,” Rose laughed. “But my dear sweet Miss Frost, I’m sorry to say you get to play the mother.”“Well, at least Melanie is a sweetheart,” Elaine sighed.. It was straw, with a little bunch of brown flowers on it, and lookedpretty. Colour wise it went quite well with the dress. I easily masteredthe belt and stockings and slipped back into the dress, the zip was mucheasier the second time. I sat down at her dressing table and started to look for makeup. Thereseemed to be an odd collection, I suppose she'd taken all the main stuffwith her. I then realised that I had no idea where to start and decidedthat I needed help from somewhere. There were a. I’m sure you’ll get into things once everything gets going.”“Maybe you’re right. I just can’t stop thinking about what you may have planned for me tonight.”“I suppose that’s only natural, but I do have a few things planned that we had never done with you before. Don’t worry, though. I’m sure you’ll get through it all. You may even figure it out when you help us get things in place before the guests arrive.”“Okay. I’ll try to stop worrying. I’ll see you later.”“We’ll be waiting,” Alice said.