" Were you aware that you were infected with a virus?" No, mum," I grimaced, "but it is proof that HoChaRa didn't intend for us to come back. I was fe...ling ill but the medical officer told me that nothing was wrong. The diagnostic computer was programmed to ignore the virus. That was one of three attacks on Paxlyn Domain that I know about." One was your Cosmic Intruder and its 256 nuclear warheads in our space," Matilda said, "and then there was the virus. What was the third?" You're off by 16. I doubt that I’ll even get it to see that one grow up. Sixteen years of marriage and not a kid ... turned out that she had been aborting my brats at the rate of one every three years or so. She left me after getting knocked up by her boss ... turned out that she went out of her way to make sure that she conceived by another man instead of me. Wanna know what she said to me as she left?”“What?” I asked him out of morbid curiosity.“Her last words to me were, ‘My only regret is that I didn’t make. " Flights will be arranged as dates and times are confirmed." If you can participate, please contact Cindy to sign up - ASAP," I said.After I finished it, I let Vicky proof read it before I sent it as a mass-email to all the college security sites, and the office group - including the new college police force.The flight to Dubai was a short hop - less than five hundred miles - but it allowed us to finish all the emails. The gym office was in the process of shutting down for the night; it was 11. It's not what I expected and it's certainly not what I ever wanted. But, you think it's what you need and the doctor agrees. I don't -- I really don't -- like it, but if it's really what you need, if this is the real you, I won't stand in your way."He stood and slowly headed for the door, then turned to ask me, "Do you feel up to going to church this morning?" I think so." Okay. Your mother wants to go to the 10:30 mass. Can you be ready in time?" I'll be ready."Dad headed back downstairs and I.