He fitted this round two long days on the range with his platoon, twenty-four hours as Orderly Officer which meant he was confined to barracks and a f...rther long day with his company commander at Sennelager Training Area planning a week long company training exercise there.He rang Deirdre on Thursday and told her he would pick her up at seven. He could not make it any earlier as he was playing rugby for the battalion.He picked her up sporting a black eye having been kicked in the face during. .. It doesn't matter. It's nothing.''You sure?'Matt nodded.'Oh, well. It can't have been that important. Oh, look, there's Daddy. I'll see you at the party tomorrow night.' She stood and walked away.'Yeah, ' said Matt under his breath. 'See you.''Tonight's the night, Marsden.' Nettles and Asbury had arrived at the club moments after Matt.'What you on about?''I told ya. I'm gonna fuck Larson tonight. Have you seen her? She's looking hot. I knew she was a dirty little slut. She'd have to. Jesse's stomach sank as she saw another man approaching her. He wore abackward baseball cap and had Greek lettering on his T-shirt. Behindhim, his friends egged him on, laughing. Jesse grew immediately self-conscious."Hey," came the greeting. The college-age suitor smirked confidently,finishing his beer and placing it on the bar next to her and leaningagainst it. "What are you drinking, beautiful?"Please, no. Jesse thought, worriedly. Not this douche. Not with all hisfriends around. She paused. There comes a time in every situation when prudence takes precedence over principle. In fact, she believed that was the meaning behind the entire criminal justice system where the innocent plead guilty because their lawyer convinces the accused that the judge or the jury will throw the book at them and they will spend a long time incarcerated like an animal in the zoo. She knew the current system of court provided legal representation was rift with corruption as was the bail system and the.