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“How are you this fine morning.”
“What happened to you.”
“What makes you think anything happened.” ...

... “I miss the old you sometimes, Sally. My ugly best friend.”
“I was not ugly.”
Sally punched him in the arm before flopping on the sofa.
“So, who’s next.”

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Pastor Glenn was next. Teaching children religion, as in teaching them not to learn but to believe it, needed to be made illegal. It wasn’t. And it wasn’t the reason Sally and Billy had him on the hit parade. ...

... His thinking had been frozen into a form of what but not quite focused enough to decide even what he might want to question. He could see the moon. It was there above him. He couldn’t remember seeing it there before. Or if it was even supposed to be there.

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Pastor Glenn was found by another dog owner. They knew each other from taking their dogs out to piss and shit and sometimes play with other dogs that were out doing the same. He saw the blood. He called 911 ...

... It was no concern for Sally or Billy. He was out of the picture. Their work was done. Billy would add him as a logarithm in his ocean of codes.

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Douglas Burger, an associate of Pastor Glenn, pushed himself up with the kitchen table where he had been reading the Sunday Times. He could never read the whole thing on Sunday. He often didn’t get around to reading it till Tuesday. Then ...

... land marks. They even went to a movie one night. They ate out most nights but Billy was getting excited about learning how to make food at home. They had a great kitchen; it made sense to

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Sally was pumped up for their next hit. Daisy had told her to let it go if they couldn’t do it. But. They had a big budget and a big bonus if they could do it. Big and bloody was preferred. Neither Sally or Billy weighed the big bonus into their decision. For Billy it was a challenge for his technological and organizational skills. ...

... but bullets didn’t go far in water.
“Wow. They located us fast enough.”
“Let’s hope they don’t have any subs out and about.”
They headed down the East River over the continental shelf to the Atlantic and north to Canada.

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They spent a week in Halifax at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel after leaving the sub at a small port. Lower West Pubnico. Not too far from Yarmoth, where Sally and Billy stopped for coffee. They were driving an older model Chevy pickup truck that was to be left in Halifax with the keys hidden inside the back left hubcap. They took a few days getting to Halifax. They had a fish dinner in Digby. ...

... spent the night in a bed and breakfast in Annapolis Royal. The next day they relaxed in Kejimkugik National Park and National Historic Site before enjoying a pleasant evening at Whitman Inn.
They ate fish every day.

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They took some more time off from working when they got home to Washington. Sally wrote a story when she got back. Billy made some great food. He spent a whole week just perfecting apple and blueberry pies. He had to put a few in the freezer. But the freezer wasn’t very big. So he sent some with Sally to her class. ....

... “No.”
Sally handed in her story at the end of the class. And told Professor Johnson she would see him soon.

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Bunny Stop
Bunny was in a big hurry. He was being chased by a wolf. But he was unaware of the wolf. He was running at full speed for another reason. The reason was vague. It was some kind of danger that was so strange that Bunny didn’t know what it was.
“Stop. Bunny Stop.” ...

... It was hard to get tired of her when she was seldom around. He would have to think of something else to occupy his mind.
“I’m not in love.”
He hoped.

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Thomas Bauer was the owner of a doughnut shop. In fact, he owned 63 of them. He was also one of Sally’s semi-regular friends before she died. Not Sally. He liked having her around him at parties and she liked his cocaine. But that was Angela. And she died. The she Angela had been was gone. Forever. Not something we ...

... She smiled, kissed Billy on the forehead, and left.
Billy looked at the cocaine and decided to read more on the topic of the advantages and disadvantages of the drug. Just to know.

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They had some time off for a few weeks. Billy took up the habit of running to help balance out his love of cooking and baking. Sally had a pretty rigorous training routine. Mostly to help her from going loony. She also took the liberty to ...

... a small city called Tayibe not too far to the north. They were guests in a safe house. They were given the remainder of the day to rest after the long flight and told that morning training would start at 06:00.

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They had spent a week in Tayibe on a special training course. Israelis were world leaders in tricky assassinations. Most of their assassinations were never attributed to their assassination squad. Sally and Billy had been trained in their methods but there were things to know before submerging into Syria. ...

... She was happy to be out of Syria and back to relative sanity in Tel Aviv where she and Billy spent a couple weeks enjoying the nightlife and the fine foods during the day.

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Back in Washington Sally met with Daisy in a small café for congratulations on a job well done. There was a nice bonus that bypassed their consulting company and went on a journey with Billy somewhere and landed into something. There was a strong recommendation to take a month off before any new assignments were available. Enjoy your life assignment. ...

... “I will. Have a good flight.”
Daisy paid the bill and left. Sally watched her go. Back to Zurich. Always back to Zurich.

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There was a conversation going on for several minutes that was a reaction to one of the stories written by a reluctant to admit the solar system was heliocentric Christian student. Somehow the conversation slipped away from writing style and clarity to the validity of Christianity. ...

... When the next one grabbed from behind she swung her elbow up into his face. After that she kept swinging and being positively brutal. When she noticed how much fun she was having and how much damage she was causing, she tried not to smile and left. She didn’t wave to any cameras.

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“What’s up, Billy.”
“Just wondering about stuff. Figuring if I can figure something better with one code or another. And you.”
“Me too. Mostly.”
“What’s with your face.” ...

... “A right proper chill out.”
“I’ll be back before you get up.”
Sally kissed Billy on the cheek and gave him a hug.
“You can be in charge of all protocol.”

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Sally climbed up the professor’s fire escape ladder and sat for few minutes watching him work. He was sitting at the kitchen table reading through the papers of students. When he got to Sally’s story he smiled. She liked that. She waited until he finished reading her story then slowly pushed the window open. He looked up and smiled. ...

... “Do you ever sleep.”
“I sleep.”
“I’d like to see it.”
“You don’t stand a chance tonight. But maybe some other time.”


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“Our clinic is destroyed; it’s 200 light years to Mampf star system, she’s lost both legs and her left arm.”
It could have been worse. They could have been obliterated by the attack. Zargor wasn’t worried about Rendance. She had suffered worse. Only a few weeks ago she nearly burnt to death. What worried Zargor more was the pointless war. They ...

... “I want to write something for class.”
She put down her pen and dropped her robe on the floor and got into bed.
And went to sleep.

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They hired a guide with his truck to have a look at places not so common to tourists. They were on their way to Jaun Castro Blanco National Park and stopped at a small café in a village that could be more aptly described as a tiny community. Neither Sally nor Billy was versed in Spanish. Billy wanted eggs over easy with his ...

... “Not yet you don’t.”
Sally knew it was a place in Costa Rica. It was easy to fall in love with the country. It was about as close to the opposite extreme as one could get from their last big trip.

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Sally had managed to write one little story for her writing class.
Mammal’s Revenge
We go back just about 65 million years to the conference of mistreated mammals on Mt. Sini. “We have tried all possible protocol with these big brutal rampaging meat eaters. They pay us no heed and will allow us no quarter.”
“What can we do other than eat as many of their eggs as we can stomach.” ...

... Professor Johnston laughed when he read the story. Partly because it was a silly story, even if it was truer than some stories. But mostly because he knew Sally would be at his window in the evening.

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Their next assignment was in New York New York. Billy, as usual, had made all the arrangements. He had booked a six-day stay at the Hotel Mulberry. They used disposable ID. Sister and brother. They were also booked at Prescott Hotel for the same time relatively officially as who they were. Billy preferred the nicer hotel ...

... up and had a perfect meal at the hotel restaurant before going back to the factory to sleep a bit and prepare the drones. They would all be leaving in the morning. Guests and drones. Billy changed his mind about the wrath of Jesus and went with Thor in the end.

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