Mom looked up at me and made a questioning sound: "Mh-h?"I looked back at her and softly whispered: "I think it's working, mom. I can feel it."Mom acc...lerated the rhythm and tried to patiently keep it on without getting tired. Her hands were on my thighs and around her neck she was wearing the necklace my sister had given to her. It was a little silver cross. I knew mom believed in God, even though we did not talk about it often. I was not so sure about that myself, but she was trying her best. Thatwas that, all liberty died after that. The are a few left Orions left andthey have restructured themselves and organized a resistance to theEmpresses regime. That gave her an excuse for an even tighter grip and adeclaration of Galactic Marshal Law. It has been estimated that she haskilled trillions of people by now. It has been a holocaust on a trulygalactic scale."Morgan was told that the freighter ships were slow, no were hyperdrivesinstalled on the lumbering freighter to keep costs down.. They had calledit a villa, and it was at least that. The white stucco wallsrose up to red tiled roof, enclosing a huge home that spokeof airy and restrained elegance. A lush hedge of iridescentbougainvillea separated the beach from the back yard, and aswe walked along this boundary planting toward the steps fromthe beach to the lawn, we were entranced by the vividflowers at our side. The hedge was quite thick, butoccasionally there were slight breaks that allowed a viewinto the yard. Upon. Besides there was a strong hint the afternoon may include swimming, which meant seeing even more of her than I had so far. I accepted and endured an unbearably hot and squashed journey in her friend’s car to the river. We followed a well trodden path as it wound through the jungle, until screams and shouts ahead of us, rose above the sounds of the jungle. My hopes of this being a peaceful afternoon with her fell. Soon we came to a clearing, where the trees momentarily parted and unveiled a.