Colonel Bingham was seething, he called in Dorothy, which he did when he wanted to bounce the ideas in his head around with someone he could trust, which was rare in their line of work, so it was almost always Dorothy. "Have you heard the latest that boy has done again?" he asked her, immediately she sat down. Dorothy had known the colonel too almost all her life, especially her professional one. He always looked out for her and knew when to apologize when he had hurt your feelings during the course of the job. She, on her own, had studied him and knew. never to take his words to heart. There were times she just couldn't take it, but she never talked back to him, all she did was nod and leave him without saying a word. After several minutes, he would come calling with an apology. "What ha