”“I suggest we continue the evacuation as planned, beginning with the most damaged parts of the planet. I want to reduce the risks to the populati...n and assets of the planet,” said Jason. “I will take the academics to Porquenta and Mars. Can we transport the remainder of the population?”“Yes, Emperor we can, we have enough ships.”“Did we mobilize our available fleets in case of further attacks?”“Yes, Emperor we are prepared for further attacks.”“Can you use further help?” Jason asked. “I can. I was going to talk to them before I did anything with Summer.I walked out to the chairs in front of the fireplace and took the remote from Mildred to turn the TV set off. I sat in one of the chairs and faced the two women. Summer got the idea and sat next to her mom. She told her mother, "Mike didn't do anything to me. He wouldn't touch me and wouldn't put his thing into me. He just wants to talk."Mildred had an amused look on her face. She asked me, "Why wouldn't you make Summer a happy girl.. Once he established where the money was coming from to take care of the repairs, our tow truck driver was very happy to play along. “I’ll get this in the shop tonight and our morning crew will get busy as soon as they come in. You should hear from us sometime around noonish tomorrow. Here’s our card, and you can call if you haven’t heard by the time you finish lunch.” He was friendly and helpful, which got Becky free to go with me.“You didn’t even ask where I live,” she said afraid that I was. Ms. Davis seemed agitated throughout the hour just as I did. When the class was over she ran to the door and closed it behind the last student and sat back down at her desk in front of me. We stared searchingly at each other. I was afraid she might have changed her mind and I guess she was afraid of something similar on my part.I tried to act like I was only thinking of her and said I really wanted her to be happy and if I could help in any way I would. She seemed releived and said she was.