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Today’s excerpt is from Sedona Chip, the Book #9 of the nine-book Janitors series.  Sarah has some fun at the expense of her Gunnery Sergeant.  Enjoy and have a wonderful day.

m.j.

 

When everything was calmed down, as he continued to look out where he should be looking, Gunnery Sergeant Murphy muttered over his shoulder, “Um, ma’am—something strange about this.  You told us to keep an extra sharp eye out, and this guy shows up.  You knew he was coming, didn’t you?”

“Need to know, Gunny.  Sorry.”

“Yes, ma’am.  But there’s more going on here than meets the eye, I’m thinking.”

“Perhaps.  Gunny, we’ve known each other for a while now.  I think when we’re alone—like we are now, that you could call me ‘Sarah Jane,’ or ‘Sarah,’ or ‘Jane’, but something other than ‘ma’am’ or ‘Lieutenant.’  That is, if you don’t mind if I call you ‘Devlin’.”

“Yes, ma’am…er...Sarah.  If you say so.”

“I do.  Did you know that you’re the only man in the unit with blue eyes?”

“No, ma’am, I didn’t.”

“What happened to Sarah?”

“Sorry, Sarah.”

“You know the sponge I use when I shower?  Well, the next time I see a blue eye at the peep hole in the shower tent, I’m gonna squeeze soapy water right into that blue eye.  Do we understand each other?”

“Lieutenant, ma’am…”

“There goes ‘Sarah’ again.”

“Well, yes, ma’am I guess it does.  I’m real sorry about that.  I’m embarrassed that not only did I let it happen, but that I looked, too.”

“Three times.”

“Yes.  I apologize.  When I caught one of the men looking through the hole and was pretty sure you were in the shower, I grabbed him by the back of his neck and pulled him away.  I didn’t talk loudly, because I didn’t want to embarrass you.  I asked him what in hell he thought he was doing.  Well, he stuttered out, ‘Gunny you gotta see this.  Man, this bod is outta sight.’  Well, knowing I shouldn’t, I did look through the hole.  And ma’am, I gotta say this—he was right.  That is…well, I’m sorry I did what I did.  And I’m even sorrier that I let the men do it—but wow, you do look real fine in your nothingness.  But I promise you that you’ll never see a blue eye—or any other eye for that matter, in that hole again.  In fact, tomorrow there won’t be a hole anymore.”

“Devlin, I want to tell you something.  If you were an officer, I’d go out with you if you asked.”

“Sarah, if I was I would, but I’m not—and not likely ever to be.”

Sarah kissed the tips of her fingers and pressed them to Devlin’s lips and whispered, “Don’t be too sure, Dev,” and walked off.

 

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