"Aw, come on Guv," Gerry whined like a toddler, as he held the black cardboard box out as an offering and the light bounced off of the shiny images on the front.
Sandra shook her head, but was amused by Gerry's efforts and expression of a disappointed frown- just when she thought he couldn't act more like a child...
"No Gerry. We've got a job to do anyway. We have to be set up with surveillance by five and-"
"Did you know, the Catherine Wheel is named after Catherine of Alexandria who was sentenced to death by the torturous breaking wheel. But when she touched it, the wheel itself burst into pieces, mysteriously. Brian interrupted, as he walked into the middle of the room.
"Yeah," Gerry chuckled "And if it 'appens to fly off the fence and hit a dog, it's a Sandra Wheel!"
Jack and Brian erupted into aging laughter, a sound that had become comfortably familiar in the UCOS office. Sandra looked over to Gerry, trying desperately to suppress a smile, that just resulted in a smirk, and stuck two fingers up at him. Her gaze fell and she spun around, retreating to her office.
"You shoot one bloody dog." She shouted back, albeit with a grin.
