I sighed I fit another board into place, nailing the board down. Another stair finished. Soon, I'd have to figure out how to build a banister the way ...lexis wanted. I was already learning how to use the lathe, and I thought I might be able to do it myself.I loved her. I knew that. I knew I wasn't supposed to. You're not supposed to fall in love with your rebound—especially not six months after burying your soul mate. That's what Michelle and I felt. We said it at our wedding, we said it when we. Once the plane was burning pretty well, I stepped back a little farther and fired a second one into the general area of the fuel tanks.I was probably a better shot with a real pistol than a flare gun, but it did work. The plane went up in flames, then it exploded. Just as soon as they took us into custody I asked for a lawyer and kept quiet. I was wondering if I would regret not having killed the no name pilot. He worked for the Colonel and Martin trusted him, so I had to trust him as well.If. Off-work, she combed her hair into a spike job that went in all directions at the same time. She colored it Valentine's Day pink and day-glow green and hunting vest orange ... in sections. The orange was in the center. She had eye makeup to match ... sorta. One eye was dramatic Goth ... a fake tattoo of a tear at the corner of her eye, deep black eye shadow that would have been too much for a raccoon. The other eye was done in stop-light red, and when she closed her eyes, she had wide-open eyes. I also knew that they needed me to guide them even though the rest of the family assisted. If I did go home now it would tear me up knowing that certain races were still out here killing so many peaceful people.Our small probe showed the Fassoot still in the position I last left them. The two battleships had not been completely destroyed and work was going on trying to repair some of the smaller escort ships to carry the survivors of the battle. An inspection of the surviving battleship showed.