Please forgive me for not giving you this information earlier. I thought I was doing the best, for you.AntoninShe turned to the next sheet. It was a n...te from her mother – to Antonin.Antonin, my love, I can no longer live with myself unless I tell you about the man who is dear Clara’s father.I was living near the Chernobyl electric plant, as you know. In the days after the accident, I met a man. He was very handsome, and I was just a young girl – very impressionable. He was broad-shouldered and. " Andrea," smiled Ken, "nice to meet you."Andrea smiled almost absently and shook his hand, but it was clear her mind was elsewhere."Mr. Whitestone," she said. "A pleasure. I understand you have a contract you'd like me to review?" Sure," he replied, "it's on the table. Can I offer anyone something to eat or drink?" Sally," said Lenny, "you wouldn't happen to have any of those wonderful muffins around, would you?"Sally laughed. "I baked them this morning, knowing you were coming over. Coffee. "Can you scan ships?"Jeff took a deep breathe, so he would stop talking without thinking."Just look at your ship," he said. "It looks big and mean and bad and something you wouldn't want to meet in any dark alley of the universe."Beth smiled.Jeff sighed.The Icilians preferred climate was the opposite of the Reds because their home world, Icili, was a colder planet than other races. It was why Icilians and Reds didn't intermingle and rarely interbred though there was no animosity or rivalry. Therefore, the poor woman was scared to death, but could not get any help. She wanted to know if we were in a position to help her.We talked to our lawyers, and they agreed that we could sign our normal contract with Ms Anderson, but we could defer payment as long as we liked. We could afford to take a “vacation” from our normal work without hurting financially, so we decided to do what we could to protect the candidate. Our first step was to visit her in her office.We showed up in casual, but.