Ladybugs for Pippa
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UNIT ONE IS SCHEDULED TO GO OFF to the firing range and then to the yard for training exercises. Keith Stuart comes around to Pippa’s desk to check if there are any messages for them before taking the team out.
‘No messages,’ she says.
Keith taps her desk, as he often does. ‘Okay, you know where to find us...’
She smiles as team members file past her on the way out in full battle gear and in a buoyant mood. Joshua trails at the end—left out yet again. She feels for him. He wants to be with them, but his fractured elbow hasn’t completely healed.
‘How much longer?’ she asks.
Joshua guesses she means his arm. He looks down at it and says, ‘Maybe two more months before I get clearance.’ He walks round to sit next to her which is, in all honestly, nice. She ha
