" Lesley smiled. "If it will make you feel better we'll call you Paula while you're dressed up so not to embarrass you in front of the guys." You're g...ing to cheerleading practice?" J.J. stood stunned as the final bell rang. "I thought we were going to shoot hoops in the park. "Since when did you start wearing mini skirts?" "I'm not wearing a mini skirt." Paul shot back. "I'm only telling you because we normally hang out after school and it would be too hard to keep coming up with reasons I'm. If he does, I want your promise of no more drinking and driving. Okay?" I said."I'll really try. I promise!" he said.I told him I'd talk to him and Steve later and hung up. I doubted he'd be able to stop drinking but at least I could try.I spent the rest of the day taking care of miscellaneous stuff. I've tried to let my money help me in the day-to-day things. I used a maid service, yard service, and pool service. Each was on a call out basis so they didn't just show up.It was now time to get. ”“Is there anyway of getting the original passenger list?” asked Colin. “That would show us what the status of the ‘slaves’ was when they arrived on the ship.”“I’ve already done that,” said Zara. “All nine of them were free people but were found guilty of capital crimes whilst on board and have been condemned to slavery. According to their new records the LiveBody Consortium has accepted all of them for disposal and has arranged for them to be collected.”“And the ship’s AI has accepted this?”. " I found a new wife in Wilberforce as I did a lot of work there, and I created a new life for myself. The baseman who was with your mother, then went home when the base closed, leaving your mother and you children alone. I don't know if you are mine or not, maybe she was screwing around on me before I was called up, as the timing was too close. I don't know and I don't care anymore. But unfaithful fickle women are still paying the piper and we have little sympathy for you," he sat again as.