Operation Scorched Arse - The Woody Back to School Unit

20Extreme MaliceSusan Lawton sipped a gin and tonic andconsidered her position. She would celebrate herfiftieth birthday during the next summer furloughalthough she took good care of herself and shelooked ten years younger. She had been marriedonce, to a military intelligence officer who had beengunned down while on a security detail in CentralAmerica. She had dated occasionally but never foundanybody to her taste.She was not without means. She would qualifyfor two military pensions. During her thirty plus yearsof public service she had pre-dominantly lived onexpense accounts and had saved the bulk of hersalary. When her parents had passed on she hadinherited a substantial home, free of the burden ofmortgage, and a healthy portfolio of stocks, sharesand bearer bonds.For the most part the Grand Dame believedthat her ten-year tenure at the helm of the WoodyBack to School unit had been a comprehensive