I yelled to the girls that I was going to grab us some coffee and I would be back in ten minutes. When I got back to the room both girls were dressed... They looked hot as hell but the looks on their faces were very different from what I remembered before I left.“Bret, can we talk?” Syd asked“Sure, but what’s with the serious faces? Oh,” I said and then I paused to think. “I see. Never mind. I get it”I set my coffee down and looked around for my bag. I figured it was too good to last. Dr. Kromboltz would have me taking small steps to deal with facing my relationship problems. Maybe I should give him a call.The sky was a brilliant red as I landed at the University airfield. Red sky at night a sailor's delight. A good omen perhaps?The Monza was in the parking lot, and I drove her home. It felt good to be in her again; she was an old friend. I rode back to the house with her top down. I straightened the house and prepared to stay the night. I heard a car pull into the drive and. " Yeah!" sniffed Jeff dismissively. "And those who'd rough the low gravity, the red skies and the dust storms, they're real dogs, aren't they? I can't blame you for giving them a berth. But there are human prozzies, you know. Not the best you can get in the Solar System, but they're real flesh and blood. Not that organic plastic shit with circuit boards for a brain. Why not go for that?" They're just not as good," Kevin confessed."Fuck me! You can't be serious! You mean, you'd rather fuck a. .. ... and then all hell broke loose... ... again.The front door blew in off its hardened steel casement, just as we heard the explosion. Smoke quickly filled the downstairs. I grabbed Millicent and James, motioned for Colleen to grab David, and we raced them to the safe room, upstairs.With Colleen, Millie, Winnie, and the children safe inside the protected suite, I opened a hidden closet door and took out my AA-12 shotgun, slammed in a 32-round drum, then grabbed three slings, pre-filled with.