”“Will you be consoling another member of the church?”“No, just a boring but necessary board meeting. However, I hope to see you tomorrow nigh... at 8pm sharp. We have more praying to do.”“Praying huh, is that what they call it nowadays? Do you have any more of these types of prayer meetings Reverend?”“Not like this one, I assure you.” In his mind he wondered how on earth he was going to accommodate two women, sexually on the same night.Thursday came and went like any other weekday, except JoAnne. "She nodded and I turned to head back to the airlock. I waited beside the captain as several raiders returned, "how many are down?"He glanced at me, "six."The large group with the first officer came into sight carrying crates and boxes and pulling a few females. I shot a guard as he appeared behind them and the first mate chuckled. I moved out and to the side as they moved everything through the airlock. A few more raiders jogged in pulling a few more women as the captain had the recall. "Matt, stay with me till Daddy gets home in a couple of hours. Please?" I would have been insane not to; here was a young girl clearly in distress; never mind she'd been my best friend's daughter. We sat in the living room and talked awhile, Casey eventually calming down. "You know your dad always tells me to look in on you and take care of you while he's gone," I reassured her. "I'm just glad this was one of the days I was home." Casey gently rubbed my thigh. "And I'm so glad. Don't leave. Okay, what's your success rate with these things? How many people have you lost?"They don't screw up. WE may screw up and ask for something we decide later we don't want, but the med-tubes don't screw up. Look at me. I'm 56." He looked 25 or 30. "I was a reconstructive surgeon for the Army until I came up here to learn about their medical technology. I used to try to put our broken soldiers back together again and I didn't always succeed. These things will do anything I could ever do, and do it.