The Blockade by Darrell Maloney

Author:Darrell Maloney [Maloney, Darrell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

“Me personally, I’ve only seen a few blue bills floating around.”

“Are all the other mission essential people sleeping in their offices too?”

“A lot of folks are.

“A lot are sleeping on the gymnasium floors at the base high school and middle schools or on the pews in one of the base churches. All the billeting rooms are taken.

“And while most base housing is off base, there are about six hundred units inside the fence. Each of those families has been asked by the base commander to take in one person as a temporary guest until the blockade ends.”

Hannah smiled.

“Obviously you were too grouchy to get an invitation?”

“I’m told I snore loud enough to wake the dead. I did get a couple of invitations but figured I’d wear out my welcome in no time at all.

“To be honest, I kind of like living in my office, though. It does have its advantages. For example, on the nights I can’t sleep I just get up and do some work. If I can get a couple hours of work done I can lock my office the next afternoon and take a nap without feeling guilty or falling behind.

“Plus, I can snore all I want.”

The smile left her face and she looked at him seriously.

“I’m worried.”

“About Colonel Medley?”

“Yes.”

“I wouldn’t give up on the general. He can carry a grudge for years and be the most vengeful person on earth.

“But I have to believe he wouldn’t have made it to the top of the Air Force food chain without being a good officer.

“And they tell me us officers are supposed to be fair and just. So I gotta believe he is too.

“And his wife’s been married to him for over forty years, I hear. He must have some good qualities.”

She laughed one last time.

“Maybe she’s the only one who can see them.”

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