Chapter SixWhy are you talking to me now?”
“What are you so ashamed about wasting time on?” Barry sat outside himself for a moment and wondered how he was actually speaking to Penny Penrose about something other than a mission. But the opportunity was too precious to waste.
As the sunrise progressed, they walked together across the airfield, headed to the SOAR hangar on the Tonopah Airport. Only a mile away, it wasn’t worth requisitioning a jeep. There was traffic associated with the on-going training exercise, but theirs had been the only traffic toward the hospital. No one passed to offer them a lift, for which Barry was grateful.
The sun had warmed the sky to a dusky red that matched the color of Penny’s lovely hair.
“Give, Copper Penny. Or I’ll call you Red next.”
“Like living dan
