A specific set of skills..
Ever since the movie TAKEN came out, Liam Neeson became one of Peter's favorite actors. He tried his best not to miss Neeson's movies.
"Anything with Liam Neeson in a leather jacket and a gun in hand, I am game!", he said.
TAKEN was the go to movie when he and the missus were bored.The iconic dialogue "But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you..... I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you!”, gave him goosebumps every single time he watched the scene.
“I want to be like him!”, announced one day during their TAKEN moments.
“You want to buy a leather jacket that fits your paunch, you mean?”, the missus asked.
“What?! No! I mean a spy, CIA, MI6, that kind of stuff. You know.. the specific set of skills”
“Oh really?!”, the missus smirked. “So, that means covert operations, international secrets, high speed chases, investigations, etc etc etc?”
“Well, yeah!”, Peter said confidently.
The missus was silent for a few minutes. Silence usually meant two things. One – she was bored already and had moved from the topic. The other – she was coming back with something big.
“How long has it been since you misplaced the ring I gave you?”, she asked. He was not sure if she had changed topic yet.
“Missing for about three months now”, he replied.
“How long have you been searching for it?”, she asked.
“Ermmm.. about three months”, he said.
The missus smiled. “Find that first, sweety! After that lets discuss about you becoming a spy!”
Peter had no answer.
“I will even give you a clue, honey. The ring is IN THIS HOUSE!!”, she added cooly and calmly as ever.
For those who are curious – its been years since and Peter is still searching for the ring. Peter on the other hand feels that the missing ring is one of her master plans to keep him from becoming a Bryan Mills from TAKEN.
Its high time you buy a replica and go on to become a super spy....of course a day will come where in you will have to explain the other ring when found by misus :)
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