"Where have you been hiding yourself?" he asked as Valerie entered his office. "I thought you'd be in here like a shot after what went down over the w...ekend." My mother was sick," she lied. "I only got back last night." I'm sorry. Is she okay?" She's a total hypochondriac, just seeking attention." Mothers can be like that. Mine spends all her time trying to get me married off."Valerie laughed then pressed for more details on the raid."We discovered the aftermath of a war zone with no bodies to. Both countries are much smaller, and as long as he leaves the best people to run your company, he can steal a few good ones to run his." Thanks for thinking of me. Craig, how much money will you need and what're your plans for building trucks?" That's why we may want to expand what you have. I'd consider doing the work, but would like to have a piece of the pie." I'll think about it. Make some contacts in Canada. Once you do that, we can continue to work on this."The rest of the week was fun. There is something about being in each other's presence that even gives additional life to digital communication. I can close my eyes and see her smile and hear her laugh. “Let’s get together for lunch each month,” I said. She loved the idea. The next month marked six since we met. We tried a restaurant unknown to either, although we both knew the restaurant did not matter. Neither did the food. We sat and talked and laughed and cried. Old friends do that. We looked into each other’s eyes and. ”“I know, but I’m encouraging these discussions, hoping someone will come up with an idea that will work.”“Works for me,” Toolos assented.“Assault Carriers inbound,” a Comm Officer informed them.“Get half of them to drop to the surface; the others we’ll use to storm the approaching landing ships and see if we can force them to retreat.”“Desperate measure,” Muln frowned.“Well, there’re too many people on the planet. We might as well at least try to prevent the aliens landing.”“Point.”“Word from.