She cupped the base of the wine glass, hesitating before taking a sip. “Brucey, I have so much to tell you. But there are some things I cannot tell ...ou, as you may not believe me.”A sudden chill ran up my arms, raising the hairs underneath my jacket. “You’ve been reading too many horror stories.” I nervously chuckled, as she had no idea what I had seen the past few days. Hell, I don’t even know what I’ve seen.She reached out for my hand. “None of that matters right now, as I’m here with you.”I. Kayaknew she was in too deep and all she could do was prove her dad wrong.No matter how long it took and how much it hurt she was going to proveto her dad that he did not let her down.*********Lynn was back in his clothes and his face was naked when Troy came backin. His mom did a great job at comforting her son but he was still inpain.Alana did a great job being a cornerstone for Lynn to start to rebuildhis confidence. It was amazing for Lynn's mom was worried about herfamily. She wanted the. Ever since Trip finally wrestled her age out of her, they had been dating. Fortunately nobody really noticed it, since the shared meals in the mess hall or their appearance together at movie night were a common sight to the crew.What did change however was what happened once they were alone. Twice they had been spending the night together and each time they didn't really get much sleep. They had been good friends for over two years now, but even before they went to the Expanse for Trip it had. She had already picked up a frozen pizza for me to fix fordinner, but she needed to get some last minute things before her firstshift. We were in the lingerie department and she was buying somestockings - mom always used to wear the kind that came all the way upand attached with clips. While she looked at things, I wandered acrossthe aisle to the girl's section, and there they were - a set of day ofthe week panties with my initials - KT - right there by the waistband.I don't know what.