"So, what is it, Jennie."She took a breath and dove right in. "I'm sorry about the things I said before. I had no right to expect that of you."He took...another sip. "Well, I'm sorry I got so angry about it. I need to learn to not be so defensive."Now that the conversation was started, they both seemed to relax a little bit. Jennie continued, "I guess you had a right to be angry. I mean, it's not like you misled me or anything. You've been up front all along. But I thought about it a lot while I. Jack reached back and slapped her on the butt. “That’s my wife your talking about and beside you didn’t mind that I had to share you with those two studs last night.” He said with a smile. “Did you tell Jimmy that I am fucking his mom as well?”“Not yet.” Lisa said as she rolled onto her side.“I think I need to see Beth before I go to work. She and I sort of had an argument the last time. I thought I wanted to leave your mom but that was before she turned into Cheri Pie. I still can’t believe. “What are they doing?”“They’re falling back!” one of the shock troopers shouted excitedly.“Impossible,” Kaz whispered in disbelief, her furry finger moving away from the trigger of her rifle. “They have us on the ropes, why would they stop now? They’ve been trying to waste our ammunition since daybreak, and they’ve finally succeeded.”The few Bugs that had made it into the compound were inching back towards the exit, their bodies low and their heads bowed to make themselves smaller targets.“You. .. sand? Definitely. Fine white sand, more like snow, really, except it sort of itched and wasn't cold at all. It felt sorta hot, actually. But the brightness dazzled me at first and the first question that popped into my head was..."What the fuck?"I'd landed on a pair of big, fluffy pillows, or so it seemed, or maybe a couple friendly beach balls that someone had conveniently left laying around just in case someone tripped. On closer examination, however, I quickly realized that I'd landed on.