A weak holo-gram of Sherry appeared next to Lucie. "I am sorry Lucie. My first duty was to protect you and the empire." Turning to Zan she kissed him.... "Go, protect her. You have to open and close the rift in one minute. Anymore and it will catch you also." Kissing him she then disappeared."Help her!" Lucie was shouting while tears fell from her eyes."I can't," Zan replied. "She is also equipped with the same homing thermic missiles that I am. I have detected that she has activated all six of. Anne-Marie, the fort commandant’s mistress, has been captured. We can exchange her for something that the French do not want to give up, and you will have succeeded.”“Anne-Marie? Isn’t she reputed to be endowed with incredible sexual skills?”“So our women say. It seems unlikely. She is a fat old woman.”“I know that. I have seen her several times but the stories about her are legendary. If she has remained the commandant’s mistress for so long despite her appearance, there must be something. I’m just awfully lonely and you have treated me nicer than anyone I can remember.”I walked over and hugged her, “I still like it a lot and don’t get much. What you did was the best thankyou I can imagine. I never expected a woman so young would ever do that for me.”She beamed, “I want to do more because I’m horny as hell. The clinic doctor says another week before I can have intercourse. Hope I’m still here!”We spent the rest of the day cleaning up the place. Even with responsibility for the. The streets were jammed with a lot of cars in both directions . It was still early in the evening but the rainy dark sky made it look like midnight.i put on some music and loosen my tie trying to relax and soothe my brain preventing it from overthinking about many things that i will till you soon.My mobile bluetooth switched from music to phone call ring , I picked up the call…I still get goosebumps every time I remember his voice , he told me he already reached near my home. Later I knew that.