We settled on the poncho, sipping our coffee (I took the soup can ‘coffee cup’, wrapping it in my bandanna to avoid scalding myself), and chewing ...our ersatz sandwiches. Once we completed our meal, I felt around in my pack, and withdrew a handheld Amateur radio. I placed the batteries in the proper place, powered it up, and entered the frequency I wanted.It was approaching 6 pm, so I waited, listening a few minutes. I heard nothing, and so I keyed the radio, and spoke: “Grandstand, this is. “We’ll just have to be discreet about it.”Thus began my lifelong connection with forbidden fruit. I suppose one’s early sexual experiences set the pattern for what turns one on, and to this day I love small tits (like Nikki’s), redheads and most of all the thrill of sneaking with another man’s wife (Nikki was ostensibly in a relationship with Tom Forbes, a college boy, Methodist and Eagle Scout who her mom Bertha wholeheartedly approved of.)So the next Saturday night, Nikki told Bertha she was. They’d have me working while the kids are in high school so that I wouldn’t be able to get a higher paying job.”“It would still be a steady income,” Sally said.“I can work two days on construction and make as much money as working thirty-two hours at a fast-food place. If I get a job that lasts a week, then I’m way ahead,” Jack replied.“You might be right,” Sally said shaking her head. She would have settled for less knowing that it was consistent from week to week rather than face continuous. Victoria had said that the Caliph was expected sometime during the summer to aid Lord Wellington (and to collect the man’s daughters as payment for the assistance).She said her father seemed to be expecting the Caliph and his troops to arrive early enough to assist in the battle with King Joseph’s forces.Creight shared only a small border with Azkoval and that border was mountainous and forested. The only passable route consisted solely of a rocky pass between two mountains. Smaller than.