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After lunch and swimming much of the morning, Phillip herded the boys back inside for showers. Stevie was little pink around the edges, so Randy applied a little aloe Vera and, they opted to take a nap during the heat of the day. Phillip piled Seth, David, Billy, and Johnny Gray who appeared by bicycle just before lunch, into his car and went to Wet Gear in the mall. He took them in and explained to Wally, a college kid who worked for the store who Phillip often saw, that he would be coachi

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They are very similar, just from different points of view.

Not quite but they went after Sunni families close to the regime so shit got spicy fast.

Phillip pulled the grill out and warmed it up. This was going to be epic. Casey got to work in the kitchen with his able assistant Billy. They prepared bacon, corn on the cob, beans, peeled and sliced potatoes for fries, and sliced tomatoes and onions. Although the crowd was much reduced from the night before, there were plenty of hungry boys. Jack Murphy ran the city SWAT team. He, too, was a Gulf War vet; the second one in Iraq and the Afghanistan clusterfuck. His

Farmer was an enlisted man. He wasn't in command. The quickest way to get booted off one of those teams is to go rouge or off mission.

Phillip woke to the buzz of his cell phone at a little after eight. Mikie, Stevie and Randy were gone, but Timmy and Scotty had taken their place. Phillip reached over them and tried not to disturb them. He could smell breakfast smells, and answered his phone sounding a lot more awake than he really was. He looked at the caller-id and answered, “Good morning, Madam Mayor.” She responded to his greeting with laughter and said, “It’s entirely too early on a Saturday morning for such form

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That's one of the ways many abuse survivors turn out: very tight and seemingly well put together and controlled. but with underlying feelings of inferiority and the belief that they are fundamentally damaged. Outwardly, they may appear to be the all-American kid. They are compensating for their internal feelings inferiority, inadequacy or that they damaged goods. Phillip has a few other character traits that are directly attributable to his abuse. It's why he's such a tom cat and hasn't settled into a monogamous relationship others. Phillip is not the only one in the story coping with this by far. Pay attention to the behavior of Tanner, Seth and David and the four Green brothers in the chapters to come. It screams- we're sexual abuse victims. The behaviors always tell. Things are about to get very spicy.

When it comes the question of aliens, why would a race with the wherewithal and knowledge to cross light years want to talk to US? Our planet just completely screwed itself over a bad cold virus. We're not ready for interstellar politics. We're not very good at city, state or national politics. Hell, we can't even decide to use the only two forms of energy that doesn't leave a carbon footprint. Humans are the trailer trash of the galaxy.

Tyrone Flowers nightmare began at seventeen minutes after three am on state road forty-seven. He topped a hill and saw the DUI checkpoint at the bottom of the hill. He stomped on his brake and flicked the joint from the latest load he was smoking out the window. Tyrone rolled all his windows down, but knew it was a futile effort. He had to wait behind two cars as the Sheriff’s Deputies checked the driver’s license and insurance card of other late night/early morning motorists. Tyrone made

Sergeant Daniels had fallen asleep watching a series on ESPN that focused on each NFL teams new draft class. An avid fan of pro football and a long-suffering follower of the Washington Football Team, he would never get used to that, he enjoyed watching the whole soap opera play out from the draft in April all the way to the Super Bowl. The NFL preview show had long since been replaced by endless yammering about baseball when his phone pinged and pierced his dozing with an incoming email. He

There were lots of groups all over the house, in the pool and in the pool house. Randy, Stevie, Skyler, Mikie and Phillip ended up in their boxers playing Stevie’s card game in Phillip’s bedroom. Britt and Tanner had brought the game twister with the suggestion that it be played in the skimpiest attire available. That was swimming attire for most of the swimmers and boxers for others. James, Marcus, Luke, Jon-Jon, Ryan, Adam, Patrick and Bryan seemed to be having fun with that. Someone

When Phillip returned, Casey had the whole house smelling wonderful. Luke asked, “Wow! That smells great; what is it?” Jeffry said, “That’s lasagna and, it smells spectacular.” James said, “Mom fed us before we left, but I’ve got to taste that.” For once, Phillip was glad for the big honking house. Cleaning everything was a day-long gig but, when you had company, there were plenty of places to stash guests. He said, “Bring your stuff and follow me. I’ll get you settled in your roo

As quitting time loomed closer, Phillip was near pulling his hair out over the logistics of getting everyone to where they needed to be. Jeffry, James, Marcus, Luke and Jon-Jon would simply ride the bus home. Phillip planned to make a trip to see them later. Scotty Cross was spending the night with Timmy Callahan and would accompany Timmy and his Mom to the Grandparents house, so they were out of the picture. Phillip was delighted to see that those two had become good friends. Tanner

Phillip re-read and edited what he had so far. He hoped Daniels and his bosses would be patient enough to read through it carefully. He caught motion on the SecureCam out of the corner of his eye, and he focused on it. Randy’s voice crackled over the radio, “Boss, I just saw Cole Lassiter and Ike Fields go upstairs. Better check that out. Cole’s playing out of his league— he’s seventeen.” Phillip responded, “I’ll check on it. It’s getting near quitting time. Let’s make sure everything

After promising Seth and David a big surprise later, Phillip began typing an email. He had notes from his conversation with Jeffry about the Green brothers’ cousin Tyrone and that’s where he started typing. He included Tyrone’s name, apartment number, make, model and license plate of his car, place of employment Trans-Continental Shipping on the Interstate, his job of loading and unloaded interstate trucks and, his habit of taking home drugs in his car when he got off of work in the wee h

Phillip took his notes from the furnishings he had moved to renovate the 2nd floor locker rooms and composed an email detailing what had gone where. That little chore took some time. As he worked, he kept an eye on the monitor to keep track of anything going on the 2nd floor. It was a quiet afternoon as the kids were busy playing basketball, soccer or swimming. Once he was done, he took a clipboard and went downstairs to take a look at the locker rooms used by the swimming team and th

After Stevie departed, Mikie and Randy returned. Randy was particularly bouncy and asked, “What’s the story with our card players’ boss?” Phillip said, “You were there. It was just horny kids having fun. Skyler even invited me to join their game.” Mikie asked, “We know you talked to them. Come on, dish.” “I know the one you’re most interested in is Stevie, and I think I know what has turned him from a sweet kid into a red-headed porcupine. You guys went to Grayson Middle. You coul

Mikie found Phillip and said, “Let’s head upstairs. It looks like that little matter we’ve been discussing might be happening soon.” They went to the office and when they were out of earshot of anyone, Mikie said, “Stevie and Skylar are here already. Randy got a good look at them and, they are blazed.” Phillip said, “Oh joy. They’re high. Where are our guys?” “Randy is downstairs with a radio looking busy and keeping an eye on our horndogs. Casey and Kelly are moving the stuff you

Just before lunch, Phillip left his minions in charge and borrowed the van. He took Scotty Cross and went to pick up the Green brothers for their shopping trip. All four of the brothers were clearly excited. Jon-Jon and Luke immediately took a liking to Scotty. Phillip took them to the mall that housed Wet Gear and several other stores of interest. Phillip asked, “First things first guys, you’ll need something to keep your stuff in. Do you want a gym bag or a backpack?” James a

Many hands make for light work. With four assistants, Phillip had two-thirds of the Friday checklist accomplished by eleven thirty. As they were mopping the swimming team and public locker rooms in the pool annex, Mr. Campbell showed up with a clipboard and asked Phillip to take a walk. He asked, “How are you doing on those old locker rooms on the 2nd floor of the Annex?” Phillip replied, “All they really needed was a deep cleaning. They weren’t in bad shape but, they’ve been raided fo

Phillip and Mikie huddled up in the locker room to discuss their plan for the swimming practice. Tuesdays and Thursdays were the main practice days. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays were optional. Usually they were for laps and what Mikie explained was individual coaching. Coach Hanson would work with his swimmers or, they would swim laps to work on their stamina. Participation wasn’t mandatory but, the serious swimmers and younger swimmers trying to move up could be expected. Mikie guessed that

Five thirty came entirely too early for all concerned. Kelly groaned and said, “It can’t be time to get up. It’s like stupid o’clock.” Despite complaints and groaning, the guys started moving; except for Billy who was incoherent at stupid o’clock. Casey’s pancakes, sausage and Community coffee was just the trick to wake almost everyone up. After a quick breakfast everyone got quick showers, but Billy was still pretty droopy. Phillip carried him into the shower. When Billy figured out

Of course the news broke for commercials and tried to sell Pepsi, Cadillacs and toothpaste. Breaking the awkward silence Casey said, “I’m going to have dinner ready in about five minutes.” Phillip said, “Thanks Casey. It smells awesome.” Billy Jackson stood up, hugged Phillip and said, “I’m going to help in the kitchen.” Phillip put his arms around Mikie and Randy and said, “Thank you guys. Now you all know what happened in Newport News and, I didn’t have to tell the stor