And All That

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Dave was the son of a military man. When he was younger he'd be woken up early and his dad would perform an inspection of his room. He wore a white glove and if he found any trace of dust Dave would have to do pushups and re-clean. 

Dave grew to hate this, but then he found himself attracted to the regimented life. 

"Its a nice structure, you know routine." He told his girlfriend at the time. 

First he was a cop, local police, then the military reserves, then special forces, then private hire detective. He was one of the best there was. 

He still to this day wakes up abruptly, cortisol and adrenaline shot through his veins early. 

Now he was driving, he checked his watch, should be another 6 hours after the border he thought. 10 hours or so to the border. 

"Where you from?"

"Arkansas, uh just north of the Ozarks."

"What are you doing all the way up here?" Dave asked.

"Oh you know, uh visiting family. Got a cousin here a cousin there."

"You like hockey?"

"Oh hah, a little, a little. I do like the Maple Leafs, used to like the Red Wings, I mean I can choose whoever I want you know we don't have a team."

"Yeah yea, Have a good day sir." Dave said. 

He had been quizzing Keith every hour or so different questions they might ask. How do they explain the car, and all that.
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