The Empire fleet was available, but the marine general had taken her officers to a course and they could not be back in reasonable time. General Janet...Malone was very accommodating. She had up to fifty-thousand marine AIs if we needed them immediately, but she also had a million packed in the carriers and four thousand regular marines of ours and one thousand Bug marines who were on attachment. Thank heavens we had her and your fleet. You said only a small fleet remained close to us Jason but. Really it had been almost serendipitous. The cafe had been full and Jan had asked to use, what had been almost the only vacant spot left in the seating area. As you do, they’d got chatting and realised that they had quite a lot in common. That had been several months ago and they’d turned into good friends who then met regularly. And inevitably, I guess, the chatting got saucier. Then it turned out that Mike’s IT profession of installations covered cameras so when we were looking for one, he’d. Sehr schnell winkelte ich meine Beine an und zog mich etwas nach oben, bis mein Kopf an die Decke kam. W?hrend meine Br?der ein Kartenspiel spielten, hing ich an der Decke und versuchte den Schmerz zu unterdr?cken, der durch das anwinkeln der Beine und Arme enstand. Nach etwa 20 Minuten hatte ich einen Krampf und fing an zu winseln und um Gnade zu betteln. Die Kerzen waren indes nur wenige Zentimeter heruntergrannt. Mein Bruder wurde durch mein Gebettele w?tend und holte den Bambusrohrstock,. “I had dinner ready, but the kids are eating it now,” she tried to say in a calm voice. “I’ll see if there is something I can warm up for you.”“Don’t worry about it. We ordered Chinese food at work,” he replied as he waved her off and walked up the stairs to their bedroom.“What!? Why didn’t you tell me this when I called? I’ve been waiting with dinner here for you...”“Damit, Jessica! Stop it,” he stood halfway up the stairs, hand raised threateningly as he looked over his shoulder at her. “I.