She'd just finished downing two successive cups of almost pure alcohol, and with every step she took, the raw liquor seemed to be gaining control of m...re and more of her consciousness.Her first reaction was a slight dizziness, followed by the almost irresistible impulse to sit down on the sand and cry her heart out. She fought it bravely, but the tears welled in the corners of her eyes nonetheless, and she had to wipe them away lest they blur her already-faltering vision."Cathy! Cathy!"Someone. Then Katy put the idea before the family and, after some debate, it was agreed that the farm would be bought. Even if Patrick didn't want to manage it when he got older, we could use the land for other things... Foresting was one idea.Katy closed the deal and then she was off to visit her son. She came back a week later and told us that we all were invited to the wedding just before Christmas when they could squeeze in the time needed for the ceremony and a couple of days of a honeymoon which. " He began to say as he turned towards the door. The woman who stood there was not his assistant though. Rodi didn't recognize her. "Who are you?" I'm here to help you." Help me how?" he asked bitterly. "You can't save me, and I can't save anyone. Everything else is a waste of time." You're right," she said softly. "I can't save you, at least not from that." walking up to where he sat slumped in his chair, she reached down and put a hand on his shoulder. " ... But I know someone who can, if. I never meant for this to happen.”The Commander smiled, “That’s exactly why we are helping you! You didn’t ask or intend for any of this to happen! Yet considering everything that has happened, in such a short period of time, you have time and again demonstrated the traits of a calm, calculated, decisive and strong, yet compassionate leader. Something the Federation has been sorely lacking for centuries. This is fate speaking loud and clear!”Mark smiled, “Well, I again thank you for your.