"I am sorr… hm… umm," she muffled my apologies with tiptoe kisses. "this is what will happen whenever you try to say sorry," she said.
We were standing by the pool watching the oceanic sunrise. "I guess that's my punishment for trespassing into your past uninvited…?".
"sissh! I don't want to here any of it" she stated gloomy.
"okay, please tell me more about yourself, your upbringing and all…?"
At this word, I found fresh tears streaming down her chicks, and she forced a smile,
"don't worry, after all this blow off, and you stop being jerk, I will take you out on a date and maybe tell a tale about one little girl from nowhere" more tears flows as she said this.
"alright, you've gotten yourself a sealed deal pretty woman,". we shake hands like we are meeting for the first time.
"how are you feeling now?".
"as you already know, I am, eating well, sleeping well, healing well and I think I have gain some few pounds, all thanks to you Diana."
"that is not what I mean. I am talking about…?". "yeah, I get what you mean, if ever find the answer to that question, I will tell you.
I don't know how to approach the subject in my thought process in the first place".
"it been a week now, I have reassured my boss secretly that the women are fine, as you did relate to me, now that your reflexes are good. We did better be getting ready. Will tomorrow be okay?"
"we are leaving to day Diana". "what are you up to kug? so the women are back in the city all this while, and you said nothing?".
"I will not respond to that, lets prepare and get ready a car is coming to pick us up at exactly, oh wait, my bad, I think it's time diana, they are already here."
"what sort of games are you playing kuga?". "no games diana, just follow my lead."
"well, were is the car?".
"look its heading our way, can you see it?". "where?"
"look straight ahead on the water…?".
"you mean we are going by boat? What on earth… kuga, I will get sea sick."
"don't worry, we wont be riding in it for long." "were will we be embarking?"
"go take your shower diana, they will be hitting the shore any moment from now, and I am all set and ready."
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"spooky, the jaw breaker. Been a longtime man, the package is ready to move. Are we going with the lady?"
"yeah Sky, look at you man, you are dripping with muscles. been acting like a fish in water?"
"the whole demm yeah man. three pirate cases, first six months of the year.
An eventuality that led to a bastered drug operations on some of them recreational ships.
Took us additional six months at sea but we barely scratch the top of the case. This one is big man."
"the pirates hijacked the ships for the drugs, but got into a brutal fight with the security detail on the ships.
When we arrived on the scene, they set the drugs ablaze, but we were able to get some few samples.
Man, the powder is potent enough to get five elephants high by just a whiff."
"were they coming in or moving out?". "it was moving out from the country". "which organization owns the ship."
"no offence man, but you know I can't share that… look, we still digging on this thing."
"how many men you got for me Sky?".
"ten on the boat with me now, twenty waiting at the base with the package."
"thanks sky, sorry for calling you in on such short notice, we probably wouldn't need your men if things go as planned".
"I hope so man, my people got eyes on me now... waiting for me to make a ninny move.
but hey, I got you spooky. Nasty one you got right there on the biceps. A 9mm or M19 let lose probably less than eighty yards away.
You should make a doc look at that, it seems to be healing well though, but hey, you never know right? My have some poisonous metallic residue still buried inside".
"you know your stuff sky; I will make a doc check it out once we are through with this."
"some grim stuff you got cooking man".
"I am glad you notice sky. All your men have badges?"
"yeah". "what about the weapons?". "clean, no traces".
"your men?". "you know I always roll with the best spooky."
"the drug operation on the recreational ships, got any names?".
"no spooky, boys wouldn't talk, strange faces man, they are surely not from around here. Wouldn't say anything."
"I am all set. can we go now? And do you mind telling how long we will be riding on that water?" Diana asked as she walked up to us.
"an hour and thirty minutes at most ma'am," sky answered, taking in the sight of the woman as she draws closer to us.
She wore an overall khaki slacks on top of a fitting plane white t. on her feet she wore brown leather deserts, a brown summer hat on her floating hair and sunglasses.
"Diana, meet Sky, my brother and friend, our escort to the rendezvous,".
"how do you do sky, pleasure meeting you,". pleasure is all mine, ma'am." sky replied and shake hands with Diana, before turning to the shore to instruct his men to prepared for the journey.
"you look smart lady, but it may get a little cold out there".
"I know, your cardigan will do me some good if it comes to that, you are hanging it on your shoulders anyway."
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In my blue jeans, resting on gladiator boots, and cardigan on my shoulders, I still feel the chilly morning breeze crept under my skin.
This made the warmth of the emerging morning sun welcoming.
It took us an hour to reach the naval base in Tema, the eastern naval command, adjacent the harbor.
Then I saw her, in black slacks, black boots, black pullover, and black cup resting on black sunglasses.
Kate walked beside her dressed in the same fashion in mix colors. Blue jeans, ash pullover, red cup, no sunglasses.
And behind them was Kogna and three of his men, following the two women from the gates of the base onto the raft where sky had another empty boat waiting with some of his men in their navy uniform.
Diana stiffen at the sight of the two women, perhaps it's the sight of the armed soldiers all around the shore and inside the expansive yard of the naval command .
This is a place she wasn't expecting to see them; I have to take precautions.
"unbelievable! you brought them to the base under the protection of the navy all this while?"
"is that a question or a statement? I have to make sure nothing happens to them. prized treasures, my secret to freedom."
Kogna and his men helped them board the boat, and the soldiers took over from there.
Kogna knows what to do, I don't need him here, he will be my eyes on land. We waved at each other as he retreats with his men.