When we hit the atmosphere all the Mechs in the Union as well as the two fighters dropped away. Our target was the spaceport that was just below us. T...e LAMs and the Fighters were to take the heat off the cocooned Mechs while they dropped. We were to strafe any targets that we could find, giving priority to the Fighters and then any hardpoints. They knew we were there when the Dropships broke atmosphere. By then we were out and diving on them. Only four of the Fighters tried to come up. Two of. Back at the clinic Steve thought he hadn’t had his oil changed in a while and he wasn’t thinking about his car. He phoned Maggie to see if she wanted to go out to dinner but she politely turned down his invitation as she said she had another commitment. That bothered Steve a little bit but only for a short time as he phoned Veronica who accepted his dinner invitation.Dinner and the evening he spent with Veronica was what he hoped it would be. Not only did she change his oil two times that night. She didn't ask them about their farewell parties, the only thing said being her mother's comment."I swear I'll never mix cocktails and champagne again as long as I live. I don't even remember going to bed last night."Neither the mother nor daughter noticed the smile on Arnold Spender's face. He was quite used to her pretense that she didn't remember a thing... especially after they had enjoyed a particularly wanton session of lovemaking... and the more uninhibited she had been the night before,. So now we have the problem of what we aregoing to do with him. Naturally, we want what's best for him, so I waswondering if we could enrol him in your wonderful school"Poor Danica nearly choked on his cookie at this bombshell. Surely he wasdreaming. It couldn't possibly be real.............. could it?"Er, sweetheart, why don't you go to the powder room to freshenup?Veronica and I need to discuss something important," said Lynda,sipping her tea. Veronica called for the girl to show Danica the.