Medusa was banged up a bit from the damage as well as ejecting so he will spend about 20 days in the med-bays recovering.Travelling and Fun.The new co...tract we picked up was a simple battle against some Capellan battlemechs causing trouble on Cluff’s Stand. It’s a 22 day trip so we will have a lot of time to finish repairs and train. This should be a simple battle and not too much for us.Just after we left orbit we had an encounter with some pirate fighters who came in and told us that we. I was not exactly young any longer but Ginny had no shortage of younger men to satisfy her. I had experience and that counted for something at least. The problem was my schedule. I had to be in Hong Kong on Monday morning, a twelve hour flight and I would lose a day to the International date line. Ginny had suggested we should try to sneak off between the service and the party afterward. As soon as we were out of sight of the house, I asked Ginny “What’s the plan?” “This is.” she replied,. He was here but would not be back.Delores apologized for not warning me in time, but she just found out a few minutes ago, and she said, “I hope you had him arrested.”I told her, “No, we didn’t have him arrested. My dad just shot him.” There was dead silence on the other end of the phone.Deloris finally recovered and said, “That’s good, but I will pretend I did not hear that.”I filled her in on the complete story and told her my dad only shot him in the foot, and he would recover.She started to. “It’s no big deal, honey,” commented Maggie. “I needed to shave my legs anyway. Do you think Malcolm bought swimsuits?” she asked Caroline opaquely.“Mmmm, probably. Let me check.” Crossing the living room, she stuck her head in her bedroom door. “Malcolm, did you buy swimsuits?” At her husband’s nod, she continued, “Bikinis, perhaps? String? Thong? Damned near nonexistent?” At each question, he nodded and smiled. Quietly she said, “You are such a dear. I’ll thank you later.” She grabbed her.