Miss Bernie

I rolled off her and on to my back. She snuggled up to me, her head on my shoulder' a hand cupping my right breast. When I awoke it was pitch dark. I eased out from under Jane and watched her sleep for a few minutes. I slipped on some black jeans and a black long sleeved pullover sweater. I stuffed my hair under a dark ball cap. I found a pair of black sneakers and eased out through the door to the patio. I scouted the area within a hundred yards from the house. It took me over an hour but I returned pretty sure we were not being watched.

That is something I am trained to do and I am very good at it. Today I would walk around the block in the daylight learn the places that had dogs or good observation spots to watch our house. It looked as if it would be difficult to watch us because of the style of landscaping. All of the yards were at least an acre and some were even larger. There are large areas of nicely groomed lawns between all the houses in front and hedges or fences shielded the back yards from casual observation.

The back yards on either side of us and behind had hedges on their property. The house on our right had a hedge about 4 ½ feet tall. The houses behind us and on the left had 6 foot high hedges. Our back yard was fenced with a four foot high chain link fence. There were gates on either side of our house. The CIA people who picked out this place knew what they were doing.

In the morning I talked with Janie over coffee. I told her of my scout the night before.

"Did you see anything suspicious?"

"No Sugah, Ah saw nothing. There are several things Ah want to do so Ah feel safer heah. First is a dawg." Her face broke into a huge smile.

"Oh Honey, I love dogs. We do have a perfect yard for a dog here, don't we?"

I smiled, "I know where to get a perfect dog for us. The breed I prefer is the Belgian Malinois, followed by the German Shepherd, and the Rottweiler. All are good when they are trained as 'Protection Dogs'.