” Clessik murmured thoughtfully. “All ships, prepare for pursuit. They might be able to temporarily move much faster than we can.”“They may re...ch a safe jump zone and then we’ll lose them,” Gollant cursed.“Depends on if our charges go off before or after they jump ... assuming they do.”“How long until they do?” Gollant asked the Bridge.“Eight rotations,” the AI replied.“Plot the direction they will probably go,” Clessik ordered. “Get any Heavy Fighters we’ve got headed that way and hope they. “Karen, you haven’t SEEN outrageous yet. Wait ‘til you see the rest of the bunch. Look, it’s getting late, so why don’t we all get some sleep, and we can show you more tomorrow. Does that sound OK?”The next morning, when Karen walked into the dining room, I had Vicki up in my lap, arms around her, talking to her as usual, and Vicki was looking at me. I said, “Good morning, Karen. Pour yourself some coffee and wake up a little. Tim is in there showering, but as soon as we wake up some, we can. You guys all enjoy the same sorts of things. Regan and I probably don't. I know she doesn't like sports – or the things I consider sports. She likes tennis and golf. Those are more 'activities' to me. I know it irks her that I'm still working even though I don't really have to. She hasn't said anything but it bothers her." No it doesn't," Elizabeth interrupted. "She's proud of you for living up to your word. That's a rare commodity in her world. You gave a commitment to AWG and they had you. 1.”“Oh, cool!”“Would you like to come? I don’t know how many people are gonna be there. Brandy is actually planning it all.” OMG I sound like an idiot!“Sure! When is it?”OMG HE SAID YES! “Saturday night. I’ll write down the address for you.” She said grabbing a slip of paper.Riley could have soared the rest of the day. The boy of her dreams just accepted an invite to her birthday party! The rest of her classes that day went by in a blur, until she got to her on campus house. When she opened the.