How he loved to watch the rain, forming into rivulets as they followed gravity onto the window sill and then dripped off onto the paving that ran around the outside of the house. He stood there for a long time, a glass of premium brandy in his right hand. Then deciding to move he swallowed the remains of the drink and turned to face the girls who were sat in the lounge sipping coffee. There was the Princess Quing Lai, Shimeko, Aioko, Sofia, and Fei-Ching. It had been 7 months since he had done anything of interest to him. He had flown several hundred hours. Life had become almost monotonous a routine that he had slipped into. He secretly craved adventure, and action. “Have you something to say to us Kester” Lai asked smiling as if she knew what was coming. “Are you all happy?” he asked smiling at the girls, who looked back somewhat demurely. “Need an adventure, some action, life for me is training and working out.
