“I always travel.”“But not with me. Except for Chen.” The name saddens Sokhen.His fingers stroke through her long black hair. “I miss her, t...o.”“But why now?” Sokhen asks.“You mean why did I wait or why this change?”“Both? You have never hidden me, especially lately. We have often been seen in public in this most populated of towns. It could be smaller, more unsophisticated places could have problems with my youth and your different race, but I doubt that would bother you. It certainly wouldn’t. M. until Sunday at midnight. Those were the hours of her business. She had a second house on the edge of town, far away from busy neighbors. It was a converted hunter’s cabin but had four bedrooms, enough to handle the weekend trade. Even if you had to wait, it was worth it. There was no sign to distinguish it, but for those that had frequented the establishment, it was known as the Schoolgirl House. For Deloris ran a whorehouse. Her girls didn’t pretend to be schoolgirls; they were, recruited. They had all wanted to attend an outback Bachelors and Spinsters...well truth was B & S meant: Beer and Sex: and that combination had been the three college graduates only meaningful agenda in their stay in an outback town. Actually Chas was napping because she still had a hangover and well she had truly fucked away the night; yeah with three guys on her own, the savvy bitch.Ten clicks away: roadhouse pump attendant James was bored out of his mind.. He had the isolated roadhouse to himself.. But they weren'tscared just unsure about what was happening.As we made our way through the adjoining tunnel hallway to the CentralHub we saw the huge view screen lit up showing scenes from the Trainingcenter that we would soon discover had been in Australia. The flightcrews were all gathered around watching it as we filed in."It's a wonder anyone made it out alive," someone commented."VQ-3 and 4 lost almost all of their people. I know it's going to runyou shorthanded but at least your Beta's.