She told me, after that incident on her seventeenth birthday, she kicked your ass so hard, you almost had to go to the hospital. Is that true?" Ed pon...ered.Let's just say, I stopped laughing."Jessica?!" I yelled out.She came in laughing, so she knew exactly what was going on."Did you not want your best friend to know that your little sister can kick your ass?" Jessica pondered.I ran after her, but ran into an ottoman that they had in their living room. My knee hurt like hell, and she just. The first lap dance is on the house as long as we can do it right out here, and we’re making it a double.”Marina Pruitt grinned even wider. “That works, but I won’t be a tightwad – we collected money from the whole squad and most of the rest of the Company. Everybody loves her. The Brigade Command Sergeant Major even kicked in a bill. You make her smile, and I’ll make your fuckin’ week.”### Luck. Nothing more, and certainly nothing less. It was luck that kept Cindy late at the club that night.. I hesitated amoment before following her. She stood to one side of the table while Iwalked up and in what I hoped sounded like a friendly voice, asked if Icould get anything for them. One of them just wanted ice water, while theother two ordered a rum and cola and a draft beer, so I headed back to thebar with my first order!Tanya then introduced me to "Marty the martian" who was tending bar andhappily greeted me as he set the drinks on the tray. While Tanya tookanother order out on a different. At any rate this time I was thinking that if you could get some time off and fly to LA I could meet you there. We would take our time on a drive up north on the coast highway to San Francisco. We could stop and see Big Sur and visit Hearst's Castle and spend some time in Carmel. Maybe visit the wine country if we have time. I don't know if you have ever visited those places, but I haven't. I thought you might enjoy seeing them." No, I haven't been there and it sounds like fun. I haven't taken.