Selene and Abby
Copyright© 2022 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 2
“Why don’t yo...”
“Think, Sel ... Some girl calls daddy and buys his aircraft ... she sounds suspiciously like his DEAD daughter ... whose body was never found. The only time bodies aren’t found is when they’re lost at sea ... and Bathurst is deficient in sharks.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah ... best look them up in Trade-a-Plane ... you Do know what that is?”
“Umh ... yes ... if I buy ... how will you get them to the Princessapality?”
“By aircraft carrier ... Seven fiddled with the FED-A and they’re scrapping the last of the Nimitz class ... which is out of reactor time...”
“But...”
“All her aircraft and most of her crew are already gone ... the Admiral has agreed to trans=ship a bunch of sailboats, cars and aircraft ... if I donate a Bearcat and an SNJ to the NAVY Museum, he’ll take mine.”
“Where is this ‘aircraft carrier?”
“Sydney Harbor ... a round of ‘Farewell’ parties ... probably as much as a month.”
“Okay... Trade-a-Plane it is.”
While my morning class argued the lesson, I turned on and ... Voila! “Collection of ex Chilean Navy Aircraft ... WW2 Vintage. In various stages of repair. Includes Shipping Containers.”
A number ... I called.
“Enquiring about the aircraft?”
“How...?”
“Special number ... cancelled when they’re gone.”
“I’ll take them.”
There was a pause ... an audible gulp and choke ... a clearing of the throat...”All of them?”
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