“One of them was Jack!”“Jack?” I exclaimed in surprise.I was taken aback. Jack was Tony and Julie’s son. When the kids were younger, we had ...one on holiday together often and had been to each other’s houses countless times until he and Julie had separated. We had been more like one big family for many years, but then the kids had grown up and gone to University, and things had calmed down.Then of course, Tony and Julie had separated, she had started her affair with Darren and the rest was a. In fact, withtheir tendency to neat, tailored trouser outfits Adam had a suspicionthat they were lesbians, or maybe all four of them were lesbians. He didnot care one way or the other, and if they wanted to tell him, then theywould. Perhaps they had, and he missed it?The quartet of girls had wafted into the house shortly after his parentshad left for the evening. There was not any beating around the bush, theyhad gone directly to his room and presented him with a pink basque thatthey wanted him. ”“Got it mom.” I said as I kept walking to the front door. She tended to go to the bar after work and most of the time she would get drunk and meet some random guy who would bring her home. I would usually be in my room, but she is not a quiet talker, so I would hear everything they said. They usually ended up having sex, and I mean loud sex, then he would leave because he was finished and she was passed out.As I walked to my car I saw that Jessica was in the front seat. I went around to the. .. next jump will be nine minutes and forty five seconds from... Mark!... '"CONTACT WITH ENEMY CRAFT IN FIVE MINUTES FROM... MARK! WE WILL JUMP IN NINE MINUTES AND THIRTY SECONDS FROM... MARK!" First Officer Tshegh?" All weapons systems ready, sir. Four torpedoes armed and ready. All turrets ready to fire." Pilot Yurtloss? You have the jump vectors from Third Officer Korsun?" Course and jump vectors set, sir." Rand hadn't seen Yurtloss take over the pilot's console from his co pilot, but he sat.