Besides, I was now curious to find out if this was Holly's stepbrother, but I was too busy to head over there right away.The company had found me a te...porary place to live at an extended stay hotel but unpacking (sort of) and starting my new responsibilities kept me busy for nearly a full week until the next Saturday morning. That Friday night had been the occasion of the plant Christmas party for the local Texas City crew and I'd stayed late, getting to co-workers and their families. Tonight. "What's 'soap-ah'?"Hotchkiss didn't take his eyes off his boss. "'Senior Officer Present, Afloat'. He just took over all four ships out here."Across all four ships' bridges, the voice of Lieutenant Payne cut across the confusion. "As SOPA, I'm orderin' the following: Caldecot Castle, swing between us an' them, and empty your torpedo tubes - not too close, jes' try to draw their fire for a bit. La Grange, Lanier, Clarke, Evolution Sir Robin."Captain Hardesty, skipper of CSS Caldecot Castle,. As she steps into the elevator, Bianca thinks about why she’s here. Not because of some business trip, that’s for sure. The thirty-five year old was here for pleasure. Usually when people come to a hotel like this for pleasure, they have someone with them, but not Bianca, she’s here without her husband because he’s the problem. Over her ten years of marriage, the last three have gone downhill on the sexual side. John just doesn’t seem to be up to doing much these days, and it’s been driving. That is for a short while. I was going too fast on a residential street, came up to a sharp curve, skidded into a fence, taking out the fence and half a dozen rose bushes lining it and slammed into the corner of the house. It didn’t do much damage to the house – nothing structural – but really fucked up the car. I had a couple of cracked ribs, but I walked away. It was proven I hadn’t been drinking or using drugs, but besides having to pay the house owners, I was given a stiff fine - $1,500..