“Lord John are you still in need of help?” Demetri asked.“Yes, it appears we have three light destroyers coming at us,” John answered.“On th... way at best speed,” Demetri advised.The 555s arrived just in time to be deployed. John had suggested a battle plan where one of the 555s would be on the left flank about 12 miles out. Another would be on the right flank also 12 miles out. The third 555 would be under Lord Heat’s destroyer by about 5 miles. Everyone took their places.When the three ships. And she certainly couldn't have taken Cathy along. No, she had done the only suitable thing-she had found good schools for her daughter, and she had gone out to earn them both a living.It was all going to be different now, of course. The D.C. job would insure them a home together, their first in nine years, and they had all the time in the world to become a combo once again. They were already making, a good start. They were on a firm and friendly first-name basis, and it would get much, much. As I walked out to my truck I noticed a truck driving up the road but then it turned into the driveway. It had me wondering. I made sure I was dressed properly. It pulled up to a stop. I saw that it was Vanessa and some other woman driving her home. With a straight and serious look on her face, Vanessa got out of the truck. “Marcus, what are you still doing here?” she asked. I felt like a deer caught in the headlights and replied with “Uhhh, I was uh just hanging out, uhhh talking with Lucy. She is out of the industry now because you showed her body off on camera like you did.”“So I hit her. What of it? She had it coming. Nobody tells me how to run my projects! Not, Lacey, not you, not anyone! She got what she deserved. If I tell you to, if I so much as snap my fingers at you, you will go out there and fuck anyone I put in the scene for you, just like anyone else who works on my movies. I don’t care who you are or what awards you won! You are the same as any other pathetic, trashy.