Her original plan was to leave Sebernekt Ris at the beginning of July and return in the middle of August. She’d explore the capitol and the surround...ng areas, satisfy her curiosity, and hopefully, after two months of relative freedom, come back with a better attitude about pursuing second year of classes.Perhaps two months of wandering would have satisfied the craving she had for freedom. Unfortunately, Jadranka’s craving for freedom was matched by her desire to wield power and influence over. “I don’t know,” moaned Riley. She looked around the room like the answer might be there, somewhere. “Yes I do.”“What?” asked Amanda.“I’m jealous,” sighed Riley. “You’re so beautiful, and there’s a real, live tiny human being inside you, and all I can do is watch.”“You want to be my coach?” asked Amanda. We’d been talking about Lamaze techniques. Riley had been born without drugs.“Daddy’s your coach,” said Riley.“I can have two coaches,” said Amanda. “You can be the team captain.”“Really?”“We. He knocked on the door and she threw it open after three knocks and jerked him inside. ‘Hey.’ He said when she had closed the door behind him. ‘Hey.’ She said back looking up into his eyes. ‘I…uh…was just wondering why I hadn’t heard from you in a while.’ ‘You’re just now coming over here to ask me that. Where have you been?’ ‘Well, after you went running after Rose I thought maybe you needed some space. I didn’t want to get in the middle of things.’ ‘Get in the middle of things!!’ she shouted.. She then informed us they were not going to do anything bad to us. They just wanted to check us for contraband and weapons. I blessed the day that Kalia joined my crew.Well, Misty had passed several such tests in the past, with other customs agents. Marn had done a good job integrating the Ion cannon, making it non-detectable. I swear the captain of the Marn had probably done a bit of smuggling in the past!Four very no-nonsense men came aboard and started going through the ship. This was going.