”“We can work around that, Jess. It’ll be great to have you here!”“Also, for Christmas, I only have the 24th and 25th off, but we can work a...ound that, too, I guess.”“We sure can!” Kara said. “I’m happy!”“What’s the plan for tonight?” I asked.“We’re taking Sofia to Greektown as a thank you for saving me from myself!” Jessica said.An hour later, the four of us were sitting in the Athens restaurant on Halsted Street, sipping Ouzo and eating our salads. Jessica was drinking 7-Up, and she was going. My last thought before I'm carried away is of my husband simon, sat at home, perhaps imagining to himself this very scene........Coming to afterwards, robin is taking pictures in the background, my legs shaking, dougs still fucking me, his red face grinning down"Oh she's loving that.....well done buddy" Robin says, egging his friend on.Next thing I know robin is knelt by my side, phone in hand."Here.....tell simon" I'm breathless but manage to tell my husband what's just happened and what is. So, she had to do something about Rossto change things.And that was her problem - she wasn't rich or popular and (much as shehated to admit it) wasn't quite genius enough to figure out how to getrevenge on her own. So, knowing when she needed help, she turned to theinternet, the chat rooms she had started frequenting as her real lifedried up.She had been chatting for hours now, but no-one really seemed to haveany good ideas, short of violence, which she wasn't quite ready tostomach. Besides,. Nothing special, nothing that they could use to attack enemy commerce with, just something they could use to hold off enemy shuttles with. I had a bad feeling about sending these ships out completely unarmed.On the other hand, we didn't have anything to arm them with. There was talk of converting some NATO armaments like shipboard or aircraft missiles, but the AIs had a fit any time the subject came up, and I wasn't sure any real work had been done on that anyway. For now, they were completely.