Griffin, W.E.B. - Brotherhood Of War 09 - Special Ops by Griffin W. E. B

Author:Griffin, W. E. B.
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“Johnny was supposed to fly Father here,” Marjorie said. “He called Liza Wood to tell her he was coming, and would she see him, and she hung up on him.

And then he got drunk.”

“And we didn’t want General Hanrahan to hear about that . . . ,” Jack said.

“Johnny got drunk?” Barbara asked, genuinely shocked.

Marjorie nodded.

“How sad!” Barbara said. “My God!”

“So Jack flew me down here, and Marjorie said she was going to drive down so she could be with him, and I figured, what the hell . . .” Lunsford said.

“We owe Johnny, Mother,” Marjorie said. “Among other things, the only reason Bobby has his wings is because Johnny broke the rules and coached him.”

“We owe Johnny, agreed. But what you did?”

“She’s going back commercial,” Jack said. “It’s done.”

“You mean, you got away with it,” Barbara said.

“It looks that way, wouldn’t you say?” Lunsford said.

Barbara looked at Marjorie.

“I don’t know what these two are going to do here, but you and I, my irresponsible daughter, are going to have a long talk about the responsibilities of being an officer’s wife.”

“Mother, a half-dozen—more—times, I’ve heard you described as the perfect officer’s wife. I think that’s true, and I also think in the same circumstances, you would have done the same thing I did. I wanted to be with my husband. I needed to be with my husband.”

Barbara Bellmon looked at her daughter, opened her mouth to reply, closed her mouth, shrugged, and then said, “The car’s outside. ”

Captain Darrell J. Smythe escorted Brigadier General Devlin to the office of the commanding general, and after General Bellmon had personally come to the door of his office to beckon General Devlin to enter, had telephoned the office of the director of fixed-wing training to report that he had picked up General Devlin on schedule at Fort Hood, flown him to Fort Rucker, demonstrating en route the capabilities of the Mohawk, had just now turned him over to General Bellmon, and planned, while General Devlin was having lunch with General Bellmon, to prepare the aircraft for the return flight to Fort Hood.

“Major Calhoun will take him back to Hood, Darrell. At 1300 you will present yourself to the office of the chief of staff.”

“Sir?”

“The chief of staff telephoned me and said, ‘Have Captain Smythe report to me at 1300.’ I told him you were doing a dog-and -pony show for General Devlin, and he replied, ‘Have Captain Smythe report to me at 1300.’ What’s this all about, Darrell?”

“Sir, I have no idea. You don’t?”

“Thirteen hundred. Chief of staff’s office.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I’m sending Major Calhoun over there now, in case you want to take a shower and put on a nice uniform or anything before 1300.”

“Yes, sir.”

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