The recruiters were still after me. Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, CID and a few folks who didn't want to tell me what their groups were called o... what exactly they did.I found that I liked the interviewing and the investigating more than any of the rest of the things I'd done, so I decided on CID.I did my testing and got promoted a few times, and then found myself working like a plain clothes police investigator.I wasn't happy, I didn't have any friends, no private or social life to speak. “Sure.”“Are you single or married?” He knew what the answer was but didn’t want her to know that he knew the answer.“Divorced, was married for six years but my husband seemed to be attracted more to flight attendants than to me so we called it quits. Why are you asking?”“I am asking because I would like to take you out to dinner to reciprocate for the pizza. Would that present a problem?”“Not at all, when?”“Tomorrow, as I am only here for a week and I have a commitment for dinner with some. I sleep in most mornings, but I woke up and found her alone at the breakfast table.Our parents run a business called Coleman’s Cleaners, a family laundry business for those who want their sheets pressed and neatly folded, the same with the socks and unmentionables. To cover those who do like to wash their own clothes, there is a Laundromat nearby.We own it, too, but it’s something of a secret, which means that the only people we aren’t using us are those who wash their stuff at home, and dry. It just seems so bloody perfect" You've not mentioned the car yet" I said with a smile,"What car?" The car I'm going to buy next year when I'm seventeen, you've seen that Range Rover in his garage?" Yes" Well he's going to start giving me lessons in his garden, then I get a provisional licence and I'll buy it off him" Oh and he paid me today as well, guess how much" Don't know" she said and damn near fell off her bike when I told her,"Eighty five pounds?, that's a fortune!" Not bad is it?"True.
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