Sunday Snippet: Major Issues

Still bitterly coldin Ohio, but by midweek, we'll see high forties and low fifties and lots ofrain. We're going to have a lot of sick people in the near future. The back-and-forthweather is horrible for keeping folks healthy.

Busy work weekagain, which I'm so thankful for. I'm also working on my new venture and shouldhave news soon. I'm hoping by February.

Decent viewingweek. I didn't quite make a full run-through of all my shows, but I got veryclose.

Started with MyLife Is Murder again. Very interesting episode with some fun backstory. I lovegetting more information about the characters.

Watched a holiday episodeof Agatha Raisin. This one kicked off season four and it ended up beinga lot of fun. I loved the mix of characters.

Finally continuedmy rewatch of Battlestar Galactica with the feature of Razor. We had tobacktrack a little to pick up with this one. I'd forgotten how much I loved Leein this special feature.

Caught an episodeof Silent Witness, which finished up a two-parter. I feel for Jack, andI loved getting some more details about his family. I feel for what Ryan's beenthrough, but I'm glad Jack is finished covering for his brother.

Watched anotherepisode of Death in Paradise. This is another episode I didn't get tosee, and I quite enjoyed following the clues. Looking forward to anotherepisode

Enjoyed another episodeof Elementary. Lots of twists and turns in this one. Also loved Joantrying to find Sherlock a sponsor and him not quite being able to just say hedoesn't want her to leave at the end of her contract.

Caught the final episodeof The Batman season one. Excellent finale with three of the big badstrying to unmask Batman. Also loved the introduction of Commissioner Gordon.Looking forward to starting season two.

Watched anotherepisode of Classic Rugrats. Both vignettes were ones I didn't rememberso nice to have something new to me.

Started season twoof The Secret Life of Amy Benson and rather liked the first episode. I'ma little curious how much book detail is being left out, but I don't think ittakes away from what we're seeing.

Also started an episodeof VIP but didn't get to finish it. I'm not even sure what's going onyet.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Major Issues, anovella that cements a couple's relationship by pitting them against an oldfoe.

Here's theminiblurb:

Ellis Wright, a damn good pilot who works hard at herjob, runs into an old nemesis—Major Anton Bernhard—and he tries to put her onthe defensive again. But Ellis isn't the same raw cadet from five years ago. Thistime around she'll bring in her backup—Trey Shuttleworth—if she can convincehim the rumor about her affair with the major isn't true.

And a sneaky peek…

Trey Shuttleworth stood outside hisdad's quarters ready to knock on the bulkhead. But his hand paused midway tothe metal framing. The elder Shuttleworth had the handset to his ear and hishead bent over a fitness report.

Trey lowered his arm and waited …interrupting Will Shuttleworth, commanding officer of the ship, never went well.Not even if Trey happened to be related to him.

"Yes, admiral. I've got the jacketright in front of me. Ellis Wright, ensign." He flipped through severalpages. "Looks like she's more than qualified. Her scores are damn close tomy son's."

Trey's eyes widened. "Shit. I'dlike to meet this Ensign Wright." Especially if her stats almost matchedhis.

Because he worked his ass off totop the roster when he went through flight school. Anything less would've been untenable.When your dad sets the bar high, you learn to hit altitude at an early age.

That had been his reasoning. Hewondered what Ellis Wright had to prove…

"She did what with whom?"

Trey risked a quick look inside hisdad's quarters. His dad quickly flipped to the last page of the file andscanned the contents. Trey bit back a groan when Will frowned.

Not a good sign.

Will leaned back in his seat."Is this information verified? With qualifications like hers, she wouldn'tneed to—" He broke off and listened for a moment. "Right. Okay. Iappreciate the heads-up, admiral. I'll keep this in mind." Another pause thena quick nod. "Yes. Thank you." He ended the call and heaved a sigh.

Trey tried not to form anyjudgments about his dad's new pilot, not when he only had one side of theconversation. But the part he'd overheard sounded pretty damning. Whatever EnsignWright did and who she did it with—and frankly, it wouldn't be much of stretchto guess—an admiral felt the need to warn her new commanding officer.

His dad pinched the bridge of hisnose and shook his head.

Trey took the opportunity to knockon the bulkhead. "Hey, Dad. Did I catch you at a bad time?" He tookone step into the quarters.

Will glanced up with his eyebrowsarched. "You're here early. You made good time." He closed the fileand absently tapped it with his forefinger.

Trey tucked his cover under his armand nodded. "I did, yeah. I can come back later if this is a badtime." He'd like to catch up with his old man, but only if he wouldn't bedistracted.

Will lifted his chin. "Whydon't I meet you in the mess? I've got a couple of things to check on then I'llbe free to visit." He rubbed his palm over the file.

Trey put his cap back on."Sure, Dad. You want the usual spicy noodles with stir-fried veg?"

Will's lips curved. "Soundsgood. Thanks." He glanced down to the fitrep again.

Trey turned and headed for thehatch.

His dad picked up the handset butcalled out. "Hey…"

Trey angled his head around."Yeah?"

Will gave him a tired smile."It's good to see you, son. I won't be long."

Trey flashed a quick grin andexited quarters. His mouth twisted into a frown as soon as he cleared thethreshold. He had a new mission as soon as he got back to his ship … track downwhatever information he could get on Ensign Ellis Wright.

I like how thisstory is coming together. Trey is going to have a lot of fun trying to figureEllis out.

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye