Chapter 6
The time was 2000 hours when Major Napier had rousted the team. By 2030 they had breakfasted and assembled in the hangar, all staring at their aircraft in bewilderment. Well, everyone except Napier who looked slightly smug, and the two mechanics, Connie and Big John, who looked harried.
None of the changes were explained which was making Mick feel more than a little grumpy. He hoped that was rooted in lack of sleep and not lack of s*x with Patty, because no way could he allow his personal life into his military one.
Napier hadn’t pulled him aside; hadn’t made a single sign. Mick was a Lieutenant sleeping with a Chief Warrant Officer, even if all they’d done last night was sleep. At least Patty wasn’t an enlisted—not anymore—but it still wasn’t right. Yet, Napier hadn’t said a
