Toni gets home and goes directly to our bedroom, I ask her if I need to get her bags from the car she says I ended up not going shopping her friend ha... to leave right after they ate .I said so what have you been doing all this time she say come here and I will show you I have a surprise, I get a better look at her and notice she is all red and breathing hard her hair is matted in one spot and she is sweaty. She tells me to come here and I do she kisses me and says you like your surprise and. ”“I’m serious,” Suzan whined, persisting. “There’s still some bad blood between you from your last fight, just go in there and show her the work and clear the air.”“Honey she hates me,” Lori said aggressively. “And I know I wouldn’t be able to control myself. Up until now ignoring her has worked just fine for me. If I walk in there and she starts giving me trivial shit about this or that I’ll go ballistic on her and our relationship would be worse.”“No you wouldn’t, cause you’re smarter than. Windows coated quickly and even on the roads it caused vehicles to slide like a penguin on ice. The town isn't very big, and the only gas station we could find open was near the Interstate as we pulled in I could see several vehicles clustered around the attached diner/convenience store. The roads had deteriorated in the few minutes it took to get across town so much that we almost slid into the diner as we pulled in. That was closer than I'd planned for said the professor, as we relaxed. “So your advice is not to attempt any hostilities with this Empire?” King Rentap enquired of Kubbe in a (hopefully) secure communication from the Envoy’s ship.“Indeed so, Sire. They are a most capable Realm and would make a very dangerous foe.”“So they intend to remain allies of the Technocracy?”“For the foreseeable future at least.”“What of this parole?”“It is all arranged. Their ship will drop off our men at our fleet base orbiting Remaglen. All have sworn an oath not to take up arms against.