"We got dressed and Ashlyn finally put on her clean shirt. A pink low cut v-neck that really showed off her braless cleavage. Back on the road we were...holding hands and talking. Possibly about doing something together this weekend. Maybe going on a date since we have already fucked. Then I thought about a question I needed to ask her. "Hey, Ashlyn. Why weren't you wearing a bra or panties earlier?" Well, I was wearing some at the gas station, then after you offered me a ride and I took them off. " I'll ask. So name me a good island with not too many laws?" I demanded of my friend." Barbados it's as good as any," she said."That works for me," I admitted. "See you back in Aster in a week or so."I returned to the bridge. "Make it Barbados," I said. I waited a moment then asked. "What's this tub worth with clean paperwork?" Quick sale in this market, a million maybe a little more or less." he suggested."Tell you what, after a week in Barbados, sail it somewhere and sell it. Take out all. "Unfortunately, it's a family reunion we really don't wantto be a part of." The wallholo flickered, then displayed new data. "Asyou can see, Hael will be at its closest point to Sol in little over acentury -"The Luminary paused as gasps filled the hall. All eyes darted from Idrato the wallholo and back again. Their reaction is understandable, shethought. I've seen it time and time again over the decades as our bestand brightest are confronted for the first time with this mortal threatto. I’d have laughed if I hadn’t been so cross with myself. The galling thing was that I knew I was in the wrong: I should have checked the weather before coming out, and it wouldn’t have been a problem to put a small umbrella or my folding waterproof into my bag. So I couldn’t really blame anyone else, which only made it worse. “Come on, make room for me under there,” I said, pressing my wet body against his as I tried to get under the umbrella. I felt his cheek against mine, and heard him.