"Of course", Alicia said. "You go out and have fun. I'll probably just take a bath and try to get some rest." "Alright. I'll go then", Alex said. Now,...here he sat, with his friend at their favorite bar. "So, how's life treating you", Tyler asked. "Pretty good. College is going well and I actually have a pretty amazing woman in my life", Alex said. "Yeah, your mother", Tyler teased, punching his friend's arm.Alex just rolled his eyes, knowing he had to deflect the question. "Fuck you. My mother. Their intelligence service is on the highest alert, especially since our Assembly gave them ten days to produce Jolaj unharmed.”I felt pleased. “So the Old Highlander kept word?”Cherubim laughed.”He might intend to do so, but no it was the High Commissioner of the OOCA.”“What has the Office of Citizen Affairs to do with all this?”“Your Snowball managed to send an emergency call to Union Police and since they have no jurisdiction outside of Union space and your Navy wanted to keep the thing. "Okay. Last I heard, my ex husband was kidnapped. They wouldn't tell meany more because we aren't family anymore, I guess." Actually, they couldn't tell you any more because it had to be keptfrom the public. But now that its over, we can let you know some of whathappened," the Colonel began."All right. I'm listening." The person who was holding you husband was a woman named Dr. LauraDivine. She was a genius, but utterly mad." I always thought the 'mad scientist' thing was a myth." I'm afraid. She stared at me with sexy, almond shaped eyes as she soon disappeared from view. I swallowed hard. That definitely was not teasing. ‘Damon!’ Scott said excitedly, rushing towards me and splashing rum and Coke all over his arm in the process. ‘They’re over there. At the bar! Fuck they’re hot! They look like porn stars or something.’ I accepted the drink and quickly slammed the entire thing. If I was going to approach those two, I was going to need some more liquid courage. ‘Wait here,’ I.