The Catholic girls began to ignore the uniformed men in fear of being considered informers for the other side. The shopkeepers treated even the most u...nbiased of military men with a distain that emphasized their lack of welcome. Eventually, the assigned troops became an extension of the Protestant side of the conflict more by unintended accident rather than by design.The fuel on the fire was the imposition of "Internment" to remove the troublemakers from any opportunity of influencing the. The heavy escorts were in front of the spheres and the lighter ships were deployed even farther to the front except for a few which were trailing the entire formation. Each Hive ship had one third of their scouts in the very front, one third just behind the light attack craft and one third in the rear. The biggest sphere had none of the light attack craft but it seemed to be using its larger, non-hyper capable corvettes in the same role. It also had a solid clump of destroyers and hyper capable. The one he got anytime he convinced some innocent to drop her panties or when he sold a car. Knowing Henry, I'm sure there were plenty of times when he did both with the same customer.Henry bought his way into the dealership a couple of years later and bought out the owner three years after that. The Ford dealer was having problems and he made a deal for that a year later. We got the big house on the hill, the country club membership and the big cars. Henry did the obligatory things: the. Get up Jess," he said harshly, he unlocked her wrists, "now get dressed, pack a small bag, you're going with Phil."As she ran past him, he slapped her naked rump hard, causing her to squeal with pain."What did I tell you, just like a pig," he laughed.I took her to my small apartment and left her there, like all bachelor pads it was a mess."Clear this lot up," I said sternly, and went off to my Garage. I sat down and over a cup of tea, I thought about Jess, I suppose her real name was Jessica,.