I told him, "Remember, I owe you a dinner. Does seafood sound good to you? We could go to the Anchor Inn."Steve said, "I'd like that. I told Murray th...t I was going to be quite unhappy if I couldn't rent a car this trip, and he reluctantly agreed, and that he'd approve it from here on out. I guess after he experienced Howard Johnson's firsthand, he realized that it wasn't just a frivolous request on my part. At any rate, I'll drive if you give me directions."After lunch, Chad took the floor and. A new town, in fact a whole big city. I knew it was probably a bit silly of me, but I didn't know anyone here, and I wanted to at least try and make a few friends. So I dolled myself up a bit, put on a bit of make up though not too much because I didn't want to look trashy, and "hit the town" - so to speak.I was just eighteen at the time, but figured I could get away with it. I have long ginger hair that tends to frizz if I don't keep it under control, freckles, green eyes that tend to hide. But as their manufacturing centers fell along with their planets, their capacity was reduced little by little, until even what little resistance they were able to mount against the marauding insect fleets was crushed. But now that tide was being turned, the Brokers were retaking their lost planets with the help of the Krell.They had descended from the skies one day on their shining, silver ships, both to extend the hand of friendship and to deliver a dire warning. Soon the Betelgeusians would. I had never been in jail before and I was scared and it showed. I was young, slightly built, and timid as hell.The cellblock I was housed in was on the 4th floor. There were two sides - east and westsides. They had one correctional officer to supervise both sides. He sat out in a hallway and was supposed to make rounds every 15 minutes, but those lazy fucks never did. They only came in for lock downs. The noise level was hellish, and all kinds of shit went on in those cells that the guards.