" My mom sent me a birthday present," I told him, before he could say anything more, and he rightly appeared confused. "It was with the letters," I ex...lained."Oh... what was it?" I don't know yet. I haven't opened it." Because it's not your birthday?" Luke asked, the corner of his mouth curling into a small smile."Right." Aren't you curious?" You have no idea," I replied, sighing. "I put it under my bed--I figured I wouldn't think about it so much there. It's not working." You could always open. I know she's with me, and I'm grateful for her presence.Journal Entry Number Six:I went back to work this morning to find out that I've been let go. I'm so damn angry! What the hell? I've worked at the same fucking company for years, and today I find all my shit in a box on the sofa outside my locked office! Someone else's name was on my door!I asked my boss why, and all that he would say was, "It's a shame, we'll miss ya Mike." I know it's because I'd taken so much time off. I really should. I wish that I could explain why, but I really can’t. I knew that it was real. I knew that it was happening. But something deep inside of me just wanted to see it. I was worried about Darren’s warning for me to ‘not creep around’ and couldn’t help but think of the swat that Ashley gave me all those months ago, but I had to see things for myself anyway. I was gambling that, from the sound of things, they were too busy for me to get caught.It took less effort than I thought. While my bedroom door. "In some respect I envy you. You have you own ship and crew who will follow you to hell and back." We've been there too, you and I," I stated."Yeah," he smiled. "It strange the bond that builds up between people when you've shared danger." Ain't that the truth," I said. "Anyway I must go, I have cargo's to deliver."Taking his hand, I shook it warmly.We were twelve days out from Sol 3 and I hadn't seen much of Lila at all until then when I felt her slip into the co-pilot's seat beside me."How.