.."That tempted me but the idea had already taken hold, "do you have a way in?"He turned and started walking, "try the armed merchant ship Hard Way."I...pulled my float case after me as I left the ship and headed into the large dirty city. There was no custom or immigration station here. A check before I left the ship had given me a place to go where I could stay for a few days. The first thing I bought was a new weapon.I slipped into the vent quietly and moved in until I reached the central. " I say it with a smile that puts patience andfriendliness and amusement and perhaps a bit of caring up on displayfor him and he senses it. He smiles, a casual smile that is the onlyone he knows, one that is honest and, looking me in the eye, he says,"Thanks."Then he puts on his glove, picks up his briefcase and, slumped as everat the departure of his dream, he leaves; but now I have set my hookand he has two lines in his mouth. I do not need to pull: he has enoughpain without that. I have. On Saturdays, she usually sleeps with me.”“I came to tell you that she is with your father and won’t be joining you tonight.”I took that as good news, “That’s great. So dad is getting better?”‘Not completely, but he misses her, and she loves him as much as I do. I talked with your dad, and I decided I was being selfish. They deserve a night together every once in a while. She just better not get too wild like she does sometimes.I had to chuckle. “Yes, she does get a little wild sometimes.”“Lois. Once he agreed to there being no conflict over the name, Sheila asked if there was any way that her pilots could get their checks then instead of Friday, since there was still much to do before they returned to New York Friday night. It was then that Rudy had to admit that he didn't have the money to buy Tara's share back out of the Skywagon.Rudy explained, "I have the plane up for sale, but they want either the Super Cub or my Beaver. The Super Cub is the only thing I have now that Tara is.