His face was lined with mascara and his eyes were swollen and red. Alliecouldn't help it, she let out a little laugh. "Oh, my baby girl. You areso swe...t. We'll find a dress that you'll love, ok." Allie, I don't think that I can face those people, yet. Look at me. Iused to be a leader in my department. I was respected and I was a bigguy. Now, I'm not much more than a maid and I look like a child - alittle girl. You said so yourself. You don't see Dave, anymore, you asee your 'baby girl.' I'm not. They had 17,000 people that they wanted to move to King's Dream, so I figured that the best bet was to use the same ship, Noah's Ark, that had been used to populate Jenny. This would take 14 or 15 trips, but Noah's Ark was certainly up to it, so that was what I recommended to the colonists. They agreed, so that part was set.We moved a preliminary group of 537 experts of all types and their families to King's Dream and gave them six months to see if living there was feasible. Everybody was happy. To make a long story a little shorter, we met, we dated, she got pregnant, and we got married. Betty and dad were not happy, but I was. I had always lusted after Barb and now she was mine. To keep what I did for the military a secret, I told Barb and everyone else that I worked with electronics in a factory. That was sort of true. You made things in a factory, and I made things.Less than two weeks after we married, she had a miscarriage I was upset but Barb seemed to take the event in. The den is where mommy does her work. Okay? Okay. I love you, bun-buns. Now get your keister into bed. Can you pass Debbie the phone?"Jess held her cellphone aside, offering a sheepish grin and apologetic shake of her head to Maggie seated across from her in their cosy cocktail booth. Her friend didn't react, mentally gnawing at her own concerns. Jess spoke on her phone again, "Hey, Debbie. Yeah, sorry. Carter just misses our goodnight snuggle. I told him to get to bed. You're going to read.
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