She suspected Nick masturbated often thinking of her, especially the pictures which showed her cleavage - just as he had over her in the past. She'd n...ver said it, but she knew - and had masturbated herself regularly leading up to this clandestine meeting.Fucking Jayne had been on Nick's bucket list for a long long time. When he had been overseas and far away from family or friends, their regular chats kept him going - even as his wife slept just feet away. Though they'd both passed it off as. Anymore than she had been, once he'd gotten out of the hospital and come home to sit in a chair and stare in numbed bitterness at a wall he couldn't see.Maybe he shouldn't blame her. What a hell of a life to offer a girl of twenty-eight, a handicapped husband of the same age, with nothing to look forward to but a paltry police pension for the rest of their life. It was no damned wonder she'd wanted to get out and go to work, the way he had sat around for an entire year feeling sorry for. The next morning, he insisted on seeing Parker, but they told him she was away on business.Charlie took him to the Barbs’ breakfast room instead, where he found six other girls. They welcomed him with hugs and a lot of questions about his health and wellbeing.It felt as if they meant it.Next to his plate laid an array of pills in a new spectrum of colors. He picked them up and put them in his small purse, ignoring the surprised looks of the girls.His next stop was Mamselle.He learned that she. Firing the guns from this ship at a target on Upal soil could destroy his career, but there were official orders dictating his behavior. The contract stated that Jade Force had the right to select all targets. Essentially, the government of Upal had given Jade Force carte blanche to do whatever it wanted and that included destroying the building owned by a pirate.“Weapons, work up firing solutions for the large guns. The target is the house on the hill,” he said.“Are you sure, Captain?”“Yes,.