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Left Behind: The Mark, Chapters 15 through 17
Buck felt his age and was embarrassed to disembark in Kozani, Greece, with a severe case of jet like that didn’t seem to bother the older Albie. And Albie, of course, had done all the flying.
“Use it to your advantage,” Albie said.
“How so?”
“It should make you cranky.”
“I’m pretty even.”
“Well, quit that. You’re just being polite. Your natural instinct, when you’d rather be in bed, is to be testy, short, irritable. Go with it. GC Peacekeepers are macho, in charge. They have an attitude.”
“So I’ve noticed.”
“Don’t ask. Don’t apologize. You’re a busy man, on assignment, with things to do.”
“Got it.”
“Do you?”
“I think so.”
“That didn’t sound so macho.”
“I’ve got to be that way with you too?”
“At least practice, Buck. You Americans, I swear, I had to shame your father-in-law into being the leader he was born to be. You’re an international journalist and you can’t play-act to get things done?”
“I think I can.”
“Well, show me. How did you get the big stories, get access to the best interview subjects?”
“I used the power of my position.”
“Exactly.”
“But I was working for the Global Weekly.”
“More than that. You were Buck Williams, the Buck Williams of Global Weekly.” It may have been your talent and your writing that made you the Buck Williams, but once you were him, you walked with confidence, didn’t you?”
“I guess.”
“I guess,” Albie mocked. “Come on, Buck! You strutted!”
“You want me to strut?”
Left Behind: The Mark, Chapters 15 through 17
Left Behind: The Mark, Chapters 15 through 17