Of course the revelation came after the doctor checked the facialbandages. He nodded with approval at his handiwork and why not? Richardhad assemble... the best surgeons in the world for his little project.Second best just wouldn't do. Tim's face felt like he'd been in a carwreck but with the doctor's assurance and the fact that he wasn't alloweda mirror he had to take the his word for it. The true revelation camewhen it was time to change the bandages on Tim's chest. His wrists,waist and. I sucked on her finger so hard she had to fight to get it away from me. ‘I think I should leave before your mother gets here,’ she said. ‘Please don’t,’ I said. ‘Just get me back in my chair and out to the f****y room.’ ‘Danni, I think she’ll know or at least suspect.’ ‘I’d never lie to my mother, Jenni, and I don’t think I have to but she won’t say anything while you’re here. She’s just not like that and she won’t ask you to stay away or anything. Besides, it wouldn’t make any difference. I. “We’ll be using a series of boarding pods and then use the airlock on the landing craft to link to them,” Flinn informed me.“OK...”“Yeah, I know, asking for trouble, plus no easy way out if they repel us.”“The Empress commands,” I sighed.“Doubt she commanded this,” Torun grimaced.“Even so,” Flinn chided her.“Yessir!” we both replied and slammed our fists across our chests.The shipboard AI guided us to our designated landing craft and we strapped in, along with a couple of squads of Assault. Not so much to use it but more to stretch her legs and fix her make up. Suddenly she saw her hero again sitting a row behind her on the right. A window seat. He looked a little frazzled as he shuffled some files. Just then the plane hit a small air pocket and he made the sign of the cross. Clearly nervous. As she proceeded down the aisle she took note of his seat number.While she was in the restroom reapplying her lipstick, she had a fleeting thought of how her Italian hero kissed. On her way.