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Chapter 43 - Are you crazy or just stupid?

Ken Doll drove me home where the kittens were waiting with a tear-streaked Diana. I had to carry her everywhere except when I use the bathroom and the entire time I gave Ken Doll dirty looks for scaring a kid. He needs to understand how to talk to a child. She finally fell asleep and I tucked her in bed and kicked Ken Doll in the shins. Sasha volunteered to clobber him. Sembi stepped forward to do the same as did Edge. I waved them off and moved to the library where we scold him profusely till he promised to be more caring. I explained that one of the reasons I married him was for the sake of Diana. If he can't be nice to her then I can make different arrangements. This seemed to jostle him to be more human than machine. He carried me upstairs and I kicked him in the shins again. He apologized and promised that he will never touch my phone again. I shook my head to say he will forget and he will grab it the first moment he gets.

The next morning he forgot and he grabbed my phone. I reminded him and he gave it back and I answered the phone. The ringtone tells the importance of the people calling. It was Marcy calling to telling Alexa had an accident and she was taken to the hospital. I asked Ems and Posh to look after the office and drove to see if she is ok. She had to get three hundred and twenty right stitches and a blood transfusion and they made her stay overnight.

I returned from the hospital and Diana asked if Auntie Lexi was Ok. I hugged her as I answered, "She is going to make it. She has a few stitches and she is shaken up." GG asked if I will stay with her or if Alexa's 0phusband was staying. Her husband was staying but I felt the need to stay just as badly. So I quickly finished working on the drone I was working on. It has ground penetration and thermal capability. Which is unlike conventional ones which can scan a small area. This can scan large areas and can detect heat signatures which help with search and rescue attempts. I took it to a demolished building and check the place top to bottom. The next is testing in the field to remove any mistakes. I knew a few friends in the Marines who would be more than happy to test it for me. They will give me an honest review and I can adjust accordingly. We cooperate to figure out how to get the best of the situation.

I got a call from Angelo that Smith stole one of the prototypes that I sent for field testing. Now I had double concerns. On the one hand I had Alexa to worry about now this creep had to steal it and do God knows what. I excused myself regarding Alexa and asked my pilot Peter to ready the plane and take me to Florida.

There I had to play scavenger hunt to find his forefather's warehouse where the prototype was kept. I had the help of the kind Navy. They even brought a destroyer to have moved to the sea if he had turned into a bomb. We had gone everywhere from the public library where a portrait of his great grandfather was hung for being a hero in the second world war. The portrait held a clue to the address. I had an expert decoder who helped and we hurried to get. To my horror he had tampered with it. The destroyer quickly moved it out to sea and it was detonated. He was arrested by the NCIS. I arrived back to the DC area and got in the limo and passed out. When I woke up and saw my entire family was present either on Skype or physically here and they were waiting for an explanation. They were concerned when I explained about the bomb. I couldn't let the credibility of the company go down the drain. Trust lost is harder to regain. They were upset but said nothing. But Ken Doll was vocal, "Are you nuts? Or stupid? You could have taken me with you. You could have been kidnapped or worse. I am your husband, have you considered Diana?" I lowered my head and he hugged me. He comforted me for considering the gallant men and women but I should consider my safety as well. I promised to do so as I walked to take a shower.

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