" They try that every time," Rainer said."Target phasers on one of their spy crafts," Jim said."I have a lock," Jennifer said with an excited voice."F...re."The invisible beam of the phaser reached out to the closest spy vessel. It struck dead center, and the ship exploded in a plasma burst that sent out a shock wave that wreaked havoc on the 4 remaining ships. Each of them were jostled violently."Inbound torpedoes... I count 7, no make that 8," Leah said.Lisa added, "Standard capacitor war. She also drinks heavy alcohol when she gets home. But the real jewel was that she was hidden out for stealing money from her old drug pusher. This was the kind of information Ian needed. Now he was ready to take down the law. On Melissa’s next visit to Janet’s house, Melissa ran into Ian. Janet was over at Kathy’s place smoking with the girls. Melissa tried to intimidate Ian but he held his ground. Ian showed her a video recording he made of Richard having sex with a male teacher. . I’m really glad the two of them are together at last, I’ve been hoping for it for years, especially since they’ve gotten into adolescence.”“I agree, and I’m really glad you feel that way. I assume Melanie is on the pill or something?”“Thanks for asking, and yes, she is. I managed to get her on even before she became sexually active.”“Does that mean Tom has the benefit of an experienced woman?”“Well, not that experienced. As far as I know, she’s only had two other lovers, and no one for about. “I’ve gone to a lot of trouble to plan this dinner, so the answer is yes. But if they stay one second past three hours, feel free to get a headache so that we can shoo them away,” she teased. “Speaking of which, you were right about just needing a couple of acquisitions under your belt to keep the head pain at bay.”“I think it’s more likely that you relax me so.”“Great sex will do that,” she mused.“It’s not just the sex, Grace. Although, that undoubtedly helps. It’s spending time with you..