Arlene and JeffChapter 230
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The Alien Scout
The main asteroid belt in our solar system is located between the orbits of Mars and the gas giant, Jupiter. The belt contains millions of asteroids ranging from the size of a grain of sand to what is probably a dwarf planet, Ceres, which is 587 miles in diameter. Also orbiting among the millions of asteroids are other larger bodies, but still smaller than Ceres: Pallas at 318 miles, Vesta at 326 miles and Hygiea between 217 and 300 miles in diameter, and others of impressive but lesser sizes.
The average distance between asteroids in this belt is around 600,000 miles, or roughly two and a half times the distance from the Earth to the moon. That’s the average distance, which means that some are much farther apart, and some, of course, are much closer. It’s sometimes difficult to realize just how big space actually is, even in our solar system, and to realize that this grouping of objects, even with that significant distance between them, is considered to be a belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. When you compare the distance between those planets – an average of 342,012,346 miles – things began to come into focus, and the spacing of the asteroids is, indeed, a belt when compared on a cosmic scale.
Although the average distance between significantly sized asteroids in the belt is on the order of 600,000 miles apart, there are many clusters, ranging from tiny bits of rock to others that are bigger than the average house, that might only be a hundred yards from its neighbor – or closer. Hitting anything of significance while moving at an appreciable percentage of light speed could, and probably would, be the end of the alien scout – shields only do so much.
The Second Officer intended to hide his craft in the system’s asteroid belt where he hoped to watch this Earth with impunity. Trying to err on the side of caution, he ordered the craft’s AI to drop them out of warp just beyond the area that Earth’s scientists call the Kuiper Belt, approximately 50 AU – one AU is the average distance from the sun to the earth – from the system’s star, intending to coast on in at roughly one-tenth light speed. As he continued deeper into the system, the pilot had a decision to make. He certainly couldn’t maneuver in the asteroid belt at a tenth light speed, but should he slow over a more extended period of time, hoping that the expenditure of energy spread out over a longer time period would remain below the threshold of Earth’s instruments, or should he apply a massive surge of power over a shorter period of time – one big burst just below what the acceleration dampers would compensate for?
The third alternative was to slow as he passed through the Kuiper belt and then crawl into the system at a speed that allowed him to maneuver easily between the larger of the asteroids. This method should be far safer as far as detecting his energy signature was concerned, but this would use up valuable mission time ranging into several weeks (interpreted). The First was certain that there was advanced technology watching the mother ship. Would that technology have followed them, or was it present on this Earth and already in the Earth system ahead of the scout? The Second, as he took over from the pilot, didn’t know.
In the end, the Second Officer elected an action roughly midway between the extremes. With the aliens’ equivalent of crossing his fingers, he began slowing. The scout was armed, but its armament certainly did not compare to a true warship. The scout’s drive was easily up to the chore, but it used a considerable amount of energy to reduce the high speed. Will we be detected? he wondered. All seemed quiet as the scout finally drifted into and among the asteroids. Now to choose a hiding place where he and his crew could observe without being noticed - if they hadn’t been noticed already because of the scout’s energy release.
As he drifted through the belt, using maneuvering power only when he had to, the Second briefly considered five of the larger asteroids that his computer put on his screens – almost miniature planets – but he rejected them for a couple of reasons. Number one: the size of the planetoid itself would block much of his view of the system. Oh, he could stay on the side nearest this Earth while viewing it, but that would allow an enemy to sneak up on the side blocked by the asteroid itself. Number two: the size of the asteroid might call attention to itself, and thus, to him. Better to choose something that he could hide behind, something that would not stand out, but, at the same time, would provide cover.
First though, he had to make reasonably certain that they were alone in the belt. The First Officer had been adamant that their mother ship had been watched for quite some time now. And... the Second Officer had great respect for the First. In addition to having been the best superior officer he had ever served under, the First had an uncanny ability to expect the unexpected. The Second tried to think of a time when the First Officer had been wrong about what he thought was going to happen, and came up with a blank. The First claimed to be only a 1 on the Precog scale, but either the test that he took was incorrect, or the First had improved since he was tested – improved a lot.
The First had given only broad orders concerning the scouting mission – leaving the details for the Second to decide for himself while on scene. The Captain, on the other hand, would have listed everything he could think of – in detail – and any divergence from his orders, particularly if anything went wrong, would have resulted in the Second being disciplined and possibly shot.
After a lengthy search, the Second Officer found a particularly rugged asteroid that was approximately one mile (interpreted) at its widest point. It was inundated with overhanging crags and crevasses that their small craft could easily hide in or under. Yet the asteroid wasn’t so big that he and his crew could not put out sufficient passive scanners so that their AI could maintain a full watch in every direction.
Of course, parts of the asteroid belt were now on the opposite side of the sun from this Earth, but the part they chose was not. However, it was approximately 3.5 AU’s from the planet, and it took light roughly 29 minutes (interpreted) to travel from this Earth to where their scout hid in a deep canyon. This should allow a tremendous leap in the volume of information they could accumulate when compared to what they could learn from four light years away. If they were not discovered and their scans turned up nothing over a reasonable time period, the Second thought he might venture nearer, maybe even to the giant moon orbiting the planet. Still, for now, he was going to continue to err on the side of caution. The First continued to be adamant about something watching their ship, and that was good enough for the Second Officer. With that in mind, the Second advised his crew, yet again, about what the First Officer had said, reiterating that they would use only passive scanners and be very vigilant about anything approaching their position.
After locking themselves to the rock with a tractor beam, he ordered remotes put out around the asteroid so that they could see in every direction. When all the remotes were finally in position, he personally checked to make certain there were no blind spots in their surveillance system. Satisfied that nothing could slip up on his little ship, the crew settled down to watch for unusual movement or energy expenditures in the belt. Once the Second was satisfied that they were alone in the belt and safe, he would shift his search to the vicinity of the planet.
The Retreat
The conversation between Diana and Olivia Continues.
...”Are you sure? I mean...”
“Do you two eat steak?”
“Uh, sure,” Olivia returned.
“Good. The food will be ready in thirty minutes. See you then,” Diana told White, hanging up before the pilot could object further.
“A bit on the pushy side, weren’t you?” Jeff said as he kissed both of her nipples after relieving the pressure in her breasts.
The Clan Queen pulled her top down as she smiled at her husband. “Thanks for the relief, My Love,” she told her husband as she gave him a quick kiss. “And yeah, I was, but she was going to try to talk herself out of allowing us to help them, and I didn’t want to give her a chance to consider things. Besides, I should think that she’ll want to have her wedding where all her peers can attend.”
“But the Security Officers aren’t her peers. The other pilots back at the base are.”
“Good point. We’ll make sure to invite them, too.”
Susan and Arlene, grandmother and granddaughter, chose that moment to come bouncing in, the two giggling about something while looking more like sisters than what they actually were.
“Good, just the two I was thinking about. We need a nice steak dinner prepared for Olivia White and Joe Martin. We’re going to be planning their wedding, and ... it has to be a rush job, since they only have two weeks off from work. Even that might be cut short.” At their raised eyebrows, “And yeah, I know that we just ate, but they haven’t. Also, we’ll need to get Olivia’s measurements while she’s here.”
“Sure, Mom. Granny and I will be glad to make them a meal,” Arlene replied while barely holding back a snigger.
“I’ll ‘granny’ your ass,” Susan griped as she mock-frowned at Arlene.
When the two left, still giggling over something, Diana turned back to her husband, who shrugged, “Yeah, I can take care of Martin’s measurements, but you can bet he isn’t going to be interested in a tux.”
“His wife wants him in one,” Diana assured him.
Jeff stared at her. “I know for a fact that you haven’t asked either of them that,” he asserted.
“Of course, I haven’t, and it isn’t necessary. Every woman wants to see her man all dressed up in a nice tux – particularly at her wedding. Now, just take my word for it and get his measurements. Olivia will pick out the tux she wants him to wear.”
“So, he doesn’t have an input into this?”
“Of course not, but he gets Olivia,” she said before kissing him passionately. By the time the kiss was over, he had forgotten the question, or no longer gave a crap about it. By now, he was thinking with the little head instead of the big one, which was Diana’s plan. But ... she had been affected by his nursing her, although she had forced her mind to focus on her conversation with Olivia while he was doing it. With the kiss on top of his nursing her, her pussy was wet and waiting impatiently. By the time she managed to get her husband into bed tonight, she would be beyond ready.
As soon as her conversation with Diana was over, Olivia scrambled over Joe, but he managed a quick caress of her pussy as she did so. “Is that all you think about?” she asked with a giggle as he teasingly held onto her hand for a few seconds, delaying her from putting the phone back on the bedside table and, more importantly, delaying her dash to the bathroom.
“Well,” he said just before releasing her, “I do like to kiss your mouth...”
“... And my nipples,” she added as she cupped her pussy to forestall any sperm leaks while running for the bathroom.
“Those too,” he said with a laugh as he put his feet on the floor, only to realize that he really had to go to the bathroom, too.
When he finally heard the commode flush, he sprinted the short distance, arriving just as Olivia stepped into the shower. He quickly sat on the commode to relieve himself; sitting was a habit he had developed because of the gravity aboard the scout. Oh, there was gravity, true enough, but it had weird fluctuations in odd places about the vessel, especially in the area of the minuscule bathroom. There was no urinal, only a commode. Due to the artificial gravity in the small craft, while standing over the commode, his stream of piss tended to bend to the right. He had tried standing to the left, but sometimes just as he would get a strong stream going into the commode, a fluctuation in the artificial gravity field would hit and, his stream would miss completely. Dancing around with his dick in his hand while trying to hit the commode, particularly with his partner laughing her ass off, wasn’t something he wanted to continue doing. (There was no door to the “bathroom,” nor room for one.) So, after a couple of episodes of a dancing piss, he decided that he had rather sit than clean up.
Sitting there facing the shower, he could see his nude fiancée through the semi-clear glass of the shower door, which wasn’t helping him piss, although his bladder felt ready to explode. Damn, this woman has a body, he thought. Finally, after counting backward for a while, his dick went down enough for a stream to start.
“Don’t you dare flush just now,” she warned, knowing that the water in the shower would instantly turn hot if he did.
He wasn’t about to piss her off by flushing, but he wondered if they had time for a quickie. Before he could decide, she stepped out of the shower while leaving the water running for him. “Hurry. The Matthews are preparing a meal for us.”
He had gathered that from her conversation with Mrs. Matthews. As he stood, he saw her glance down at his swollen, although not fully erect, cock, then meet his eye to grin at him. “Later, Big Boy,” she promised.
When Joe stepped out of the shower after only a couple of minutes, Olivia was dressed in bra and panties, looking sexy as could be while she worked with the disaster that was her hair post coitus. Giving up, she pulled it into a high ponytail with a few curls hanging down on either side of her face. He stood staring at her, having decided, yet again, that she was heart-stoppingly beautiful and sexy as could be.
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... Jeff had also heard the door close, and shoved Helen into Diana's arms, causing Diana to stagger, Laura grabbing Helen to help. He pulled his .45 from his waistband and started down the hall, but even as he did so, he saw Arlene at the intersection of the hallways and knew he was too late. Jeff figured one of the mercenaries had to be in the hallway, and was probably doing the same thing Arlene was. (Slicing the pie at the intersection.) He also knew he would never make the...
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When they parked in the back, the door of the Retreat opened and all Jeff's younger wives, who had stayed home, came hurrying out accompanied by Selina. As Hope and Arlene exited the SUV with the puppies snuggled under their coats, Arlene pointed to an area just past the pavement near the side of the Retreat. "Mrs. Kimbrel said we should walk them as soon as we got home," Arlene told the others as she and Hope opened their coats enough to give everyone a peek at the baby...
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Laura woke him the usual way, and she almost went too far. When Jeff grunted and his cock started to swell, she jerked her mouth off. It was a near thing for a few seconds. "I guess I almost went off while I was still asleep," he groaned. "Wow, I'm really horny." "Sorry, Jeff. You usually go forever. I wouldn't mess it up for Diana for the world." "It wasn't your fault," he said, finally regaining control. "It's just the stress of the day. Of course, I've had two of those damn...
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Jeff and his women had showered and were in bed only moments when Ship announced that Arlene's scout was minutes away. Since the family was still using their suite on the Ship, they were quickly dressed – well partially anyway – and waiting for Arlene as she maneuvered her scout through the outer bay door and onto the flight deck. She didn't go all the way to the scout's bay though, but stopped in front of her family. An instant after the scout came to a halt, its belly hatch opened and...
The Waterfall Campsite ... Dessie straightened up and stared at Ann. “I have eaten pheasant, fish and rabbit until they’re practically coming out my ears. I’ve had MREs while backpacking and wasn’t in love with them all that much, but I think I would love some now, no matter what the meal consists of.” “We have an assortment. I noticed a Brisket Entreé, Chicken something or other, and a Beef Stew, with whatever goes with them, and several more besides. We just grabbed some at random in...
JUST OUTSIDE A SMALL NORTHWESTERN TOWN Once again Nichols sat worrying in front of his boss' elegant desk. Rich, wealthy, words don't describe the extreme category the older man fit into. Nor can you describe how evil this man is either, Nichols thought, his face devoid of expression as he waited for Mr. Moreau to end his phone call. Nichols dreaded that. When the call ended, Moreau would ask questions that Nichols didn't have acceptable answers to. The town council members think Moreau...
Jeff, Diana, Dave and Evie sat in the living room, waiting. When the phone rang, Diana checked the caller ID and answered. "Glad you guys are back." "Diana, I..." The voice chopped off, then Carla cleared her throat and tried again. "Diana, our dreams..." Carla's voice stopped again, to be replaced by quiet sobs of joy. "I can't..." "You just did," Diana said softly. "You're on speaker, so all of us can hear you. Jeff, Dave and Evie are here with me and listening. And, you're...
...”See that tree that has the broken limb hanging down?” “Yes,” Aiko gasped out. “We’ll jog to it, then we will walk for a hundred steps.” “I don’t know...” “Yes, you do. You know you can. I’ll bet it’s even less than a hundred steps. Let’s count them,” she finished as she began counting their steps aloud while they slow-jogged. Soon Aiko added her voice. “Ninety-two. Told you it was less than a hundred. Now we’ll walk for a hundred steps, and rested or not, we will jog starting at...
The Retreat As Charlotte and Diana sat at the bar in the kitchen watching the other women, Selina stopped by. "Want to help?" the little genius asked the young woman. Worried, Charlotte answered, "Everything is happening so fast that I barely know what's going on." "Oh, you will get used to that," Selina said as she reached for Charlotte's hand. "Well, I'll be glad to help if I can." Charlotte glanced at Diana, who nodded with a smile. "No better way than to just dive...
They were high up and soon over the ocean, having left the continent behind. They passed the terminator and continued into night, still headed west, the myriad lights of the cities twinkling as the Earth seemed to slowly spin below. But before the view could become boring – if it ever could -- the horizon seemed to shift downward on the big screen as the Ship gradually pointed her nose away from the planet, the full moon drifting down toward the center of the viewscreen. There was a...
Jeff met with Kei, Edi and Alesha on the updated design that they were working on for the new ski lodge, then stopped off in the living room to watch the late news before eventually winding up in his suite. After a shower where he "played" with Jennie and Melissa, he walked into a strangely quiet bedroom. Looking around, he began to wonder. "What?" he asked, then suddenly it hit him, "Where's Ann?" Arlene caught his eye. "We've looked for her, and she's not anywhere in the Retreat....
The Castle ...”Certainly,” Arlene responded, “but please don’t either of you touch it. The AI can become quite persnickety, and he has the means to back up his displeasure.” “You have a functioning artificial intelligence?” Karl asked. “Please don’t mention it around him. I think he is trying to find a way to become a citizen,” Arlene returned with a chuckle. “Uh, I won’t,” Karl responded, not quite sure if Arlene were kidding or not. Both Karl and Fischer thanked Arlene and hurried off...
Jeff had stopped by his office to pick up a few pieces of printer paper. Alone in the living room a couple of minutes later, he wadded up a sheet of the paper into a loose ball. If I screw up with this paper ball, air resistance, if nothing else, should keep its flight slow enough to prevent me from tearing up things. With Arlene's encouragement while on the Ship's range, he had gained a small measure of expertise as he mentally moved a steel ball around and caused it to spin, but he still...
The Mission ... Both were tempted to use their suits’ drive units, but they knew that would alert the Throme if anything would. Scrambling down, they were soon in the water. A hundred meters out, they saw a glint of movement coming toward them just under the surface. “Let’s go home,” Arlene said to her partner. As soon as the hatch closed and even before they were out of the airlock, the AI had them moving away from land. “Oh, I so want to get out of this suit,” Arlene grumped a few...
The Retreat Shortly after lunch, Arlene went out to the Ship expecting to sit in one of the command couches and be swept away by the simulator to another very realistic space battle, but she froze as soon as she passed through the hatch. Jeff had called Kayla and Art to his office, intending to ask them to begin training in the Ship's simulator. Before he could begin, the AI turned the TV on to show Arlene jogging back from the Ship. The AI didn't say anything, but apparently thought...
The Retreat After breakfast, Arlene, Ann and Selina gathered enough food to last them the rest of the day. “Should this not be the correct castle and we continue the search, we will need something to drink with our lunch,” Selina said as she opened a refrigerator. “There is water available at each station on the interceptor. As for soft drinks, please bring only what you are sure you will drink. Storage space is at a premium,” Arlene told the seven-year-old. “Bathroom?” Selina asked as...
Jeff had just dialed his next door neighbor who lived a mile down the road. "Steve Sperman here." "Hi Mr. Sperman. This is Jeff. How's it going?" "Hmmm. Didn't we have a discussion about that Mr. thing?" Jeff chuckled. "Yeah, I guess we did, Steve. How's Marcie doing?" There was a hesitation. "You know, that's a funny thing, like I mentioned before. Seems like after the night we spent at your place, ol' Uncle Arthur (arthritis) suddenly got much better. Odd that both of us...
The Prison Planet Ship had received permission from her Prime to go back to Earth long enough to pick up Arlene, Ann and the other aviators, then take the Wing to orbit for its launch. The trip to Earth and back would only take a few minutes. Giving the interceptors a ride to orbit and their launch would take only a few minutes more. The interceptors normally remained in their bays on Ship’s flight deck, so she would have to go back anyway. Also, she would have to return to Earth again when...
Deep Space "Question is, are they going to notice us?" Ann asked as she watched as one of the alien vessels came from behind a large chunk of moon and headed straight for them. Ann knew she could not warp out without her drive trying to take some of the debris field with them, which would probably result in the destruction of her warp drive, and/or her ship. In addition, she strongly suspected that the aliens would pick up her inertialess drive's signature, should she use that with them...
“Despite our AIs actually doing the flying, I want every pilot to have his or her hands on the controls at all times when we do this for real, and when we practice as well. Ann and I have put together a rough outline. Everything seems to work in the simulation, but we haven’t done it for real yet. There could very well be glaring errors that only show up when actually flying the patterns. Bottom line: be careful and think about what the next step is. Does the current process make sense with...
When they left the suite a few minutes later, they saw Melissa at the far end of the hall. She seemed to do a double-take, then turned and rushed around the corner, probably heading for the kitchen. A little later, when they walked through the door, she was already setting out two more plates. Jeff pulled Ann tighter against him, and they stopped just inside the kitchen. I know Ann is blushing. Damn, I thought I was too old to blush, but my face feels like it’s on fire. Everyone was seated...
EARLIER IN THE MORNING AT QUINTON TATE'S HOME After his morning shower, Quinton, dressed in his uniform and still buckling on his gun belt, walked into the kitchen. Before he could sit down, the phone rang. "Quinton," he said, putting the instrument to his ear as he finished securing the belt with the keepers. "Well, good morning. Are you planning to go somewhere on your little impromptu vacation?" his Captain asked, cheerily – a little too cheerily. "What vacation?" Quinton joked...
"We still have a problem," Diana said. "I doubt if Billy has ever used a litter box. So how are we going to train him to use it and not pee on the carpet? Since there aren't any pet stores in Winter Park, I guess we can order a kennel on the Internet and have it overnighted, but as late as it is, it will still be day after tomorrow before it gets here..." "Yeah, we were lucky the grocery store even had litter boxes. But we're ahead of you about the kennel," Jeff said. "Arlene had an...
The Retreat ... Charlotte and Ada sat for a moment as Diana's words sank in. Both mother and daughter were clearly skeptical as they furtively glanced at the other three women. Diana let out a chuckle. "You can say it; we won't get mad." Ada hesitated. "This is no joke? You're actually telling us that Susan is your mother and Arlene is your daughter?" "Got it in one," Diana said with a grin. "But..." Ada began. Then, after studying Susan's and Arlene's faces some more, she...
Jeff sat in his usual place at the head of the table. Frank Wainwright sat to Jeff's right as the family (minus four who were eating with Margaret and Tina in their suite) ate lunch. All the Alphas ate a lot, and Jeff usually ate more than most of them, but today, he was hungrier than usual. He had gone through his first plate and was already started on his second one. "Looks like you're a bit hungry today," Frank tactfully said. "I didn't see you after breakfast. What did you do to...
Joyce, Caitlin, Jennie, Melissa and Ann came in with the latter two pushing serving carts. Soon, the table was set and food arrayed in front of Arlene, Diana, Susan and Jeff. The wives' efficiency was not lost on Susan, but she refused to acknowledge it due to her sour mood. Each time she had talked to her daughter or granddaughter on the phone lately, her suspicions that something was going on had increased. Then the introductions in the living room were almost more than she could...
Everyone except Matt and Courtney was waiting in the living room. The new SAC and his wife had borrowed an Escalade and driven down to Winter Park. "HELICOPTER APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. SECURITY HAS CLEARED IT TO LAND ON OUR PAD." Margaret had called earlier to say that everything had gone without a hitch and they were on the way home, but Angel had been beaten and was in need of medical attention. "Let's go," Jeff said as he started out the door of the living room with Little One...
Aboard Ship, Arlene, Ann and Selina are teaching the Morales family how to field strip, clean and reassemble a pulse rifle. ...”Very good, Mr. Morales. That’s a whole lot better than I did the first time,” Arlene blatantly lied. “Okay, Jasmine, do you know what’s next?” “Well, I did until you scrambled the parts,” Jasmine said with a chuckle, “but I think it’s that thing over there — a modulator, I believe you called it.” And the process went on. The next time they field stripped the...
The Prison Planet As the group neared the second area that was obstructed by boulders, Jeff said with a sigh, “Sorry, Ladies, but I still have a headache from moving the last bunch. No way am I going to play bulldozer just now.” “It’s getting colder in here,” Tosha said as she zipped her jacket, took her gloves out of a pocket and pulled them on. “Is it just me, or is the path sloping downward more?” Kei asked as she and the others followed suit – other than Jeff, who only zipped his light...
Kayla very briefly told everyone what had happened. Just as she was finishing up, Sheriff Tate, who had been eating with the team, walked into the hallway to chat with the others. "I helped the guys move the bodies out. We found a roll of black plastic in the basement and covered the pile of them." "That piece of plastic over there on the floor," Jill said, motioning down the hallway near the theater door, "is that where one of them..." "Yeah," Kayla said. "General Whitworth has a...
As everyone walked down the hall toward the theater, Selina hung back. When Diana turned and caught her eye, Selina, with purpose, walked on past, turned the corner and went on to her suite. If I do not ask, then the answer cannot be no, she thought. Waiting four minutes by her internal clock, she walked back out of her suite, down the hall and peeked around the corner in the direction of the theater. There was no one in the hallway. Shortly, she slowly opened the theater door the tiniest...
With the Alphas at Security headquarters studying the pulse rifle and the women apparently all in the basement, Jeff wandered through the Retreat at a loss as to what he should be doing. Deciding he would work in his lab to pass the time, he returned to the basement. Poking his head in one of the rooms, he got a smile from Kayla who was leading an exercise class – push-ups for the moment. His position allowed him a view of erect nipples on several of his wives, and a couple of the other...
Characters that appear in this chapter. Matt – Alpha. New Denver SAC for the FBI. Courtney – Matt's wife who thinks the Matthews may be aliens. Jeff – The Prime. Diana – Jeff's wife and Clan Queen. Arlene – Queen, wife. Diana and Jeff's daughter. Helen – Genius wife and teacher. Susan – Wife and Diana's mother, who is also a Queen. Kayla – Jeff's wife who first worked for the FBI, but then went to work for the General, and now she is Jeff's last line of defense. Art – Alpha....
Arlene grabbed Jeff's hand. "Come on, Daddy. Let's go back to our suite. Mom and Selina will be back ... uh sometime." Jeff frowned as he turned back to the others, "Yeah, that's what I'm worried about – the sometime. It's not like Diana to run off like that." Laura put her arm around his waist to get him started toward their suite. "Well, you were the one who kept pushing Diana to go through the academy. I have been through only the first six months there, but all that discipline...
Bobby put her hands on her face and took a breath trying to stifle a giggle. "We're acting like whores," she said, while desperately trying not to reach for Art's cock. Sandra hissed in a breath. "Art, I don't know what's happened to us. Honest, we don't act like this. We've each had one guy — once, and that was just to get rid of our cherries. But it's like we've been given an aphrodisiac. I want you so bad that it's hard to breathe," she finished, not knowing that Art was...
The Colonel’s Office Aboard Ship ...”And Worthington. Hear this! If something happens to my wife, I’ll kill you without a second thought. Now get out of my face before I change my mind and do what I know should be done.” Without saluting, Worthington spun on his heel and stomped out. Jeff sat thinking. Should I tell his Commander why I’m sending him back? After a moment, he shrugged. On second thought, I asked for his best aviators to give them a chance in my unit. No one, other than us,...