. rather than flying directly to the Great Sandpit ... they flew east ... the intent was to confuse the enemy. Distance flying is quickly boring; the ...troops were mostly asleep.The 777 was crossing the International Date Line and the equator at 40 thousand feet when the bomb in the fuel tank turned the fuselage into a crematorium. The heat crystalized the metal and the wings were the only part of the aircraft found. No DNA evidence was found.There was no DNA because the soldiers weren't on the. No matter how long I’m on Chaos and Crossroads ... fifteen minutes passes on Earth. I stripped off my regalia and headed for the portal. I made it through the second door sans clothing.“Honey! I’m home!”Val was seated ... sprawled ... in what could only be called a red satin double wide sex lounger with curves that reminded me of the swoop fendered C-3 Corvette ... the lounger ... not Val.Val knew I was coming ... sorry about that ... and dressed ... undressed ... for it... She looked. I wanted a nice place, a nice setting to tell you Dan ... that I’m in love with you.”“You’re in love with me?”“Yes I am. I’ve never been so happy in my life thanks to you and Karen, of course. I now know that I don’t have to be married to be happy. I’m very willing to be a second wife to you without any marriage license. When Dave and I are divorced, I’m going to sell the house and move closer to you and Karen, that way we can visit or live together every day. There are some nice condos near by. But, anyway, I was quite touched by it. Justin’s a fairly straight kind of guy, in both senses. If anyone could have women friends who were just that, you know, just friends, well, he’d be the one most likely…’ ‘Yes?’ Sophie asked, as she glanced at her handbag where she stored her cigarettes and wondered whether it would be too rude to light one up. ‘So, I thought maybe you’d be a bit like Justin, you know. Perhaps you were someone not interested in sex with men. Maybe you were a bit, you.