Today’s excerpt is from Sedona
Chip, Book #9 of the nine-book Janitors Series. Jim’s new horse reaches the U.S., and Wendy
is mildly upset to see horse manure on the floor of “her” plane. Enjoy and have a great day.
m.j.
When Wendy landed the plane at Andrews, she
taxied it over to the hanger that had been designated for the Janitors’
plane—and their plane alone. After
cutting the engines, she walked back to the rear of the plane. By the time she arrived, the makeshift
restraints placed on the horse had been removed, and Jim was getting ready to
lead the horse down the loading ramp.
Wendy
noticed a pile of fresh horse manure—which was half-on and half-off the piece
of plywood that had been placed under the horse to stand on during the
flight—and shook her head in resignation.
“I must be the first pilot to fly a United States Air Force C-130 from
Iran to the United States with a fresh load of horseshit aboard.”
Before
anyone else could say anything, she noticed the pile of opened MREs—which had
been systematically opened, to find anything the horse could eat. She groaned, “Phil, you and Chet get this
mess cleaned up. I’ll not have my plane
looking like a pigsty.”
Goose,
who had followed Wendy back to the rear of the plane, muttered, “What she meant
to say, guys, is a ‘horse corral’.”
Wendy
busted out laughing, walked over to the horse, and patted it. “I surrender.
I guess I’ll have to learn to love the damn thing. Speaking of which…sorta—just what do you plan
on doing with the thing, Jim?”
“He’s
not a ‘thing, Wendy—he’s a fine piece of Arabian horseflesh…a fine stud, if you
haven’t noticed.”
“You
say so. And, no, I didn’t notice. I don’t make it a habit to check out horse
balls.”
“As to what I plan to do with this fine animal
is to have you fly him out to Montana for me.”
“Oh,
great.”
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