In the weeks that follow, roles will flip. Ruth as guru no more, reduced to beggardom, emotional servitude.Verity and Natalie and their secrecy, their...snatched weekends. Ruth suspicious, growing needy. Demanding. Repulsive. *****Driving through the night, Ruth's fateful journey to Verity's seaside bolt-hole. The early hours. Verity and Natalie naked in bed together quiet as mice, entangled in each other's arms, their minds. " I retorted."Listen," dad smiled, "I've just run a bath, you hop into it and relax, I think you need it more than I do." Its not a flaming bath I need." I muttered.Dad must have heard me because he grinned, I squirmed a little on the bed to try and ease the heat of my pussy, my robe flapped apart without me realising it and my father drew in a sharp breath. Oblivious to the fact that I was displaying my body to him I saw him lick his lips then turn his eyes away from me, thinking I had. Lot of expensive homes there.I'm dressed nicely. Conservatively, as always. Cute little mini skirt, short enough to be a little sexy, especially when I'm sitting and the skirt is riding up my thighs but not so short as to look slutty. I picked out a fashionable, yet low cut top to compliment the skirt. My hair is pulled back in my usual ponytail. As always: cute, innocent, hottie me.There was good food, good booze and nice, well-dressed people.And while most of them were my parent's age, that's. That or be forced onto boats and shipped out. They can't be counted on to defend us if needed, and would be traitors anyway."Jake, quiet until then, added, "I agree that they will turn tail and run once they figure out that their agenda won't be tolerated. Has anyone noticed that it will be hard to maintain a defense force without some form of conscription? What would it take to have a volunteer force?"Grif answered, "You know all of that Park land? We could allow everyone who served four years.