She started giving me a back rub in the afternoon,between therapy and dinner, so I could rest up and feellike eating my meal. Then, if she happened to...be nearthe hospital she would check in about 7 or 8 to see ifI needed anything and look at my chart. She normallyworks 7-3 shift. She told me, “I was offered the position of head nurse,but I don’t want to be a manager for the hospital… ora cost accountant for the patient’s insurancecompanies. I want to do patient. ‘We’re clear of station jurisdiction,’ I announced. ‘No one’s chasing us.’ ‘We’re free?’ she asked? ‘We truly did it?’ ‘We truly did it,’ I confirmed. ‘We’re free!’ ***** Seven months had passed since I had been seized as a stowaway and brought to the penitentiary. A youth spent on various starships and a young adulthood spent in the military had taught me a number of things, but my downfall had been the age-old one: Jinarta. Ours had been a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ relationship. While her. He found out his memory was right as soon as the crossed the border. The sound in the BMW 328i that Meredith had rented changed."What's the noise?" Meredith wondered from the passenger seat. "I didn't notice it before." It's the road surface," Brock told her. "When I lived up in Ohio and New York, I always heard the Pennsylvania roads were the worst. I finally believe them."Meredith frowned but was happy that she hadn't rented a lemon. She wanted something sporty to drive around in but she also. She was tired. All the stress and the wine seemed to hit her at once. They said goodnight and Rachel was out like a light in seconds.Rachel woke to the smell of coffee and bacon. She also woke to a splitting headache and her whole body felt like shit. The wine and the stress from yesterday had taken its toll on her. She tried moving to sit up, but it wasn’t happening yet. She moved around to see better and caught a glimpse of Chrissy in the kitchen. She was busy making breakfast and humming to.