The ride down was terrible. The only time I could remember being that nervous was when Sylvia and I got caught with a copy of Playgirl at school. Sist...er Agnes had been so shocked I thought she was going to faint, but instead she just confiscated it and marched us straight into Mother's. Mother Superior Constance Patrice, affectionately known as Consta-Pracion by all the girls, took it calmly. Sister Agnes fainting would be funny. Mother looking calm scared me to death; there were stories. We. Now I want to hear all about your adventure from last night. I’m sorry I missed it, Doug.’ ‘I’m sorry too, but I have to admit it probably couldn’t have happened with both of us there.’ Doug paused for his first sip of the wine. ‘Then again, you probably would have made a better teacher than I did,’ he mused. ‘A better teacher?’ Kelly asked. ‘So just what did you teach?’ And so Doug told Kelly all about Mrs. Kittredge, beginning with the horror stories he recalled from high school of the fights. " I'll tell you what," I ventured, "I'm feeling hungry. You buy me a nice dinner and I'll let you have pussy for desert."It wasn't hard to get him to agree. He was embarrassingly grateful. I only had one glass of wine with my meal, not wanting to make over-drinking a habit and Horton did his best to be charming. As we were finishing our dinner, I remembered something he had said earlier, about visiting some friends."I'm not sure I want to take the chance of angering you again," he said.I asked,. The operation they were involved with demanded direct street level surveillance ... and they were the best in the business at this role. From one shop window to the next they strolled, never breaking character and all the while keeping their quarry in sight. At exactly 8:13 both agents earpieces gave 'tone'. The message to return to 'Mobile Base One' followed ... and caused both to almost break character. But, they were both professionals and the brief sub-vocal "Acknowledged" from Collins, was.
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