Chapter 104
"The chopper is approaching
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Uncle Enzo turns to his lieutenant. "Everyone in place?"
"Yes, sir."
"How do you know that?"
"They all checked in a few minutes ago."
"That means absolutely nothing. And how about the pizza car?"
"Well, I thought I would do that later, sir -- "
"You need to be capable of doing more than one thing at a time."
The lieutenant turns away, shamed and
ugg boots on sale awed. "Ky," Uncle Enzo says, "anything interesting happening on our perimeter?"
"Nothing at all," Ng says.
"Anything interesting?"
"A few maintenance workers, as normal."
"How do you know they are maintenance workers and not Rife soldiers in costume? Did you check their IDs?"
"Soldiers carry guns. Or at least knives. Radar shows that these men do not. Q.E.D."
"Still trying to get all our men
ugg boots discount outlet to check in," the lieutenant says. "Having a little radio trouble, I guess." Uncle Enzo puts one arm around the lieutenant's shoulders. "Let me tell you a story, son. From the first moment I saw you, I thought you seemed familiar. Finally I realized that you remind me of someone I used to know: a lieutenant who was my
uggs discount commanding officer, for a while, in Vietnam."
The lieutenant is thrilled. "Really?"
"Yes. He was young, bright, ambitious, well educated. And well meaning. But he had certain deficiencies. He had a stubborn inability to grasp the fundamentals of our situation over there. A sort of mental block, if you will, that caused those of us who were serving under him to
uggs discount experience the most intense kind of frustration. It was touch and go for a while, son, I don't mind telling you that"
"How did it work out, Uncle Enzo?"
"It worked out fine. You see, one day, I took it upon myself to shoot him in the back of the head."