I thought quickly, and decided on the spot."Bonnie, match course and speed. Let's recover our missile." You got it, Love."The maneuver took only a few...moments and soon the tractor beam of the ship was bringing the hunter missile back into the 'My Love'.Sue finally managed to reach a chair, and strap herself in. Her pride may have been bruised, her body surely was."Captain, I don't think we have time to mess around with salvage." Fong would you explain to her that a WOS is the fastest ship in. After a bit of a clean up the nurse handed the newborn baby, not actually Susan at this stage because the name had not been selected, it was on the short list, but not yet selected, and she grasped hold of the proffered teat and began feeding. And really that was all there was to it. Yes, of course there was a fair bit of huffing and puffing and it was a bit painful, but in essence it was the same process that has gone on since ... well, for an awful long time.Susan became Susan later that day. We only saved a small amount of grain for the trip home, knowing we could buy more rice and millet downriver if we ended up with lots of slaves. Tizemt told everyone in Bamako who was interested, that we’d be back in about four weeks to buy slaves. Fifteen archers stayed aboard to watch the ship and the gold already aboard. Others would watch for crocodiles while the men worked at the site of our sawmill. I suggested that they pay some of the women in town to skin the crocs for them, and to. I forced myself to ignore thoughts of Adam, but my mind kept circling back to him sitting at his desk outside. Eventually I couldn't take it any longer. With an hour and a half until he was due to report back to me, I decided to go out to lunch. Out of sight, out of mind … Or so I hoped. Lunch was uneventful, and I was back in the building by one thirty. As I walked toward my office, Adam looked up. I hadn't realised that I was looking at him, but his eyes flashed and he smiled. I felt my lips.