Shortly Victoria arrived with Janice, the sexiest girl in our school, the head cheerleader, and the homecoming queen. I could not believe my eyes.Jani...e took one look at me and rolled her eyes. Then Victoria said, “Let’s party.”Tom had everything ready and waiting in the kitchen. He had a picture of frozen strawberry daiquiris. It was two blenders full because I had watched him make them. He told me that they were not very strong but that he would put extra shots of alcohol in the girl’s drinks. What a family I come from. In the end, I had the finallaugh or perhaps trick played on me. No one had money to pay thefuneral expenses; I took care of that tiny matter. I so loved shockingmy family. The aunts, uncles and siblings did not have enough scratchwithout taking up a collection to pay for the expenses.A surprise caught me a year later; Amber had taken out life insurancenaming her ex-husband (Me) as benefactor just after the divorce. Amberhad died; the life insurance company had an. It reminded him of home.They were followed by a swarm of landing craft holding troops destined for other drop zones, along with larger cargo landers carrying segments of prefab bases and defensive structures that would be serving as their home for the weeks or months to follow.Before long the dropship began to shake and rattle, buffeted by the planet’s atmosphere, orange flames licking outside the portholes and glowing through the window in the pilot’s door. Excitement swelled in Walker’s. A 25 year old looking white man, an 18 year old looking girl, and... Devin! Oh how glad I was to see him. "Devin! Please get me out of here. This is a really bad joke." I command, still tied up of course. Devin just smirks. He then grins and says " I'll be back in 2weeks or so. You better please your new master." He smirks again and leaves. I scream at him that it wasnt funny, but at the same time I sort of knew he wasnt joking. Terrified, I ask the girl to please get me down. She barks "My.