I was not for sure if this was our last embrace. Visions of war and of losing him filled my head. I started to tremble as he held me realizing my grea...est fear could come true. Jack rubbed his hand into my back as he replied, It is probably nothing Ann we will be on alert for a few days and then I will return home. I felt a pair of arms wrapping around my legs. I looked down to see Michelle standing at the side of us hugging her daddy and me. I turned as John opened his left arm taking Janet. I teased her back saying “So what if Kavitha is not there. Kavitha’s mummy is there at home right?”She continued that chit chat “Oh really? But do you mind me knowing what you want to do with your wife’s mother?”I finished our sweet little nothing talk by saying “I just want to talk to you for a while aunty. I will be at home in another 30 minutes time.”I told her to get some sweets mean time. On way I bought some flowers for MIL and for Kavitha. I reached home and gave her only one bunch of. " Well, I don't know how special he'll be to me. But he did say he'd like to go out with me." Good luck, Nancy. You deserve it." She took my shoulders and leaned over, kissing me on the cheek. She was the first person to ever do something like that for me. My mother thought showing affection for anyone was a sign of weakness. The way she put it, you left yourself wide open to being taken advantage of by even being nice to someone.Sue left and the two ambulance attendants came out, pushing their. " Sundowner" was back at Old London Orbital. TJ had been able to catch up with his mutie net and then sit back and assess things.Sir Henry Bollinger's attempts to warn Harbouria were unsuccessful and that planet nation just sat there awaiting whatever fate was theirs; no evacuations from New Liege, no mass exodus from the planet. TJ's contacts had accepted his earlier advice that now was a good time to take that accrued leave and transfer assets elsewhere.The Armada was three days out of.