"How about a drink? Highland Monkey, if you've got it."Jimi dropped his smile, all business now (Aldyth preferred it that way, too). "I've got it, Ald...yth." Call me Al." She watched him glide to his drinks cabinet, approving of the curves of his ass beneath his kimono."Where're you stationed then, Rigger?" he asked over his shoulder."Antares." She glanced down at her civvies. "How'd you know I'm an Rigger?"He handed her a glass, clinking it once against his own; he smelled nice. "I could say I. His eyes never left hers, giving her the distinct feeling that he was staring right through her. Feeling shy for the first time in her life, she looked towards the floor. This was when she noticed that she wasn't wearing what she was a few minutes ago. Instead, she was wearing a beautiful black dress that she'd often seen Spanish dancers wear in the movies. She put her hands across her chest, and felt a diamond necklace hanging from her neck. She felt her hair and realized that it was put up. "Bad news today?" James called out to me as he carefully closed the last of his lens cases."Meh," was my response. "No big surprises." Big enough for Marcos to show up, though." He waved me over to his computer. "The pictures are all here."I stood over his shoulder while he leaned down to work the laptop. "I can't believe how fast you have them now. Computers are such a mystery to me."James laughed. "Just spend more time looking at porn and you'll learn all you need to about computers." Ew!" I. I watched the way she moved and my heart raced. Her smile was just as bright as it was two years ago. She most definitely wasn't the same girl though. "Guess who I found on the trail?" Sunny shouted as we walked through the house. Lucille came out the kitchen bearing a large pregnant belly, the doctor said the Shires were getting another set of twins. "Oh, Buddy. Good morning, I just put on some biscuits." I followed them into the kitchen. The twins, Sophia and Julia, were away at summer.
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