..all agreed? I will just change the form from any center to Center No. 19" * Stephen I felt a gentle hand on my arm, bidding me to stand up. I ...id not see the kindly look upon officer's face as I stood with shaking legs, as the judges re-entered the court. I stood as straight as I could, I tried looking at the three female judges and then my cowardice took over and I hung my head in shame. "Stephen Woodrow Ryder." I looked up as the clear voice of the senior judge addressed me. "You. ’ ‘What if they won’t agree to that?’ ‘Julie, you and Maree were close friends for a long time. She has long forgiven the pair of you I asked her when we were compiling the wedding lists weeks ago. She told me she misses having you both in her life even though she hates what you did. Tonight was just her letting her anger out at the both of you.’ We turned, headed back to the meeting place. All of us there at the same time. Both girls had red eyes, and Brian looked relieved. We agreed to. Getting anywhere near where Pat and I were sitting would be extremely awkward for anyone."Right are you sure you're wanting to go on with this?" Pat asked."Pat, after what those arseholes did to me and mine. I'm prepared to do anything to make sure they pay," I answered with my fingers crossed."Look, you've got to understand that the people we're going to have to work with don't play games. They do what they do for many reasons. Some because they want the six counties to be part of the. We offered them peace. The Karg rejected the offer. They fired one of their particle weapons at my ship. We responded with our hyper-rocks. That took out ten of their ships. The other ten ships made a hasty retreat to Karg.We arrived in ten Earth days. The surprise was gone. The other ships in our fleet had taken their assigned planets as planned. The Karg were aware that something happened to the symbiants on those worlds. With Sam we could monitor their communication and found they planned a.