Ladies, this big gorilla, with his foot wedged so firmly in his pie hole, is Jerry Davis. He likes to tear things apart, then watch the real mechanics...put them back together for him." I went over quickly to shake his hand."Jesus, Kenny, I'm so fucking sorry. I just thought, you know, that they were too fucking good looking for them to be girls that you really knew." That was the way Jerry apologized. Brenda was beaming at him. Cindy hung back, keeping me between her and Jerry.We went out and. . lots.”“Ye gods!”“Any idea how they build them? I mean it’s like there’s nothing around here.”“Don’t know. They grow the outer shells ... I think, but the reports say they build the inner ones,” Yuni replied after a moment’s thought. “Count is over a million ships so far.”“We would struggle against that many.”“Yep. Though so far they have only sent out ten fleets of about two and a half thousand vessels each, most of them small fry.”“That’s true, dangerous as they are,” Kliss agreed.“There’re. I guess the “through sickness and health and forsaking all others” of our vows didn’t take with Kaycee. She’s cheating on me with multiple men. I can’t stand for that. She still has a commitment to me even though our sex life has gone down hill. Damn, she was gorgeous tonight.I had to see for myself. I got dressed and drove around looking for her. I checked the dance halls and restaurants. I drove around for an hour before I spotted her car at a upscale restaurant on the other side of town. I. She knew better, had learned not to wait, not to delay, she had once, never again. She did not fear him, she feared his displeasure. He had taught her the lesson, a lesson so simple it seamed obvious, she failed him when she failed herself.At first it felt strange to be naked, now it felt right. It had become natural, not because he watched her, just because he ordered it. She had offered, so many times she had offered, lain at night thinking of him watching, fingers fast and sticky, thoughts.