.. you're not going to beat me up?" Edward frowned at that "Why would I beat you up? I'm not a freaking monster... Most of the time. I might be an ass...ole, but I'm not the Joshua type of asshole." So what now?" Hannah asked, prompting Edward's smirk to turn into a full-blown grin "Naomi helps me get even. That'll get her squared up on my scale, and bring my trust level in her from the negatives back to zero. Plus, it'll be helping another friend. Now, I gots to bounce. Adiós, muchachas" He said. Mostly, he continued to meet women in bars and get laid. Since he was a DPS sergeant, he achieved a lot of female attention. He was divorced and still a bit gun-shy about getting back into a marriage or serious relationship (which scarcely differed from the former at all).The courts recognized sexual or romantic relationships lasting a minimum of 3 months as equivalent to marriage. They called them "regular companionships". A mere month was sufficient to establish one if the couple lived. He waved his hands at them, and they went off.He began to drive, and I stared at him."Where're you taking me? What are you going to do to me?" Shut up!" I should just jump out of the fucking car right now. Don't think I won't do it! I'd much rather risk getting all broken up than doing whatever the hell you want me to." Oh yeah? I don't think so."I moved my hand to the door release, but before I could open it, I felt a searing pain go through my head and then all was dark.I woke up with the. Alyssa shivered slightly at its intimidating profile, the top deck bristling with weaponry. Charles zoomed in the display so that now they were looking at the ship’s internals. From what she could tell, this Assault Cruiser was easily 10 times bigger than John’s current freighter.“You could upgrade the engines and FTL drive, using this extra space here” The admiral pointed animatedly at the rear of the ship. “You also won’t need the barracks, so you could turn this area of the ship into a cargo.