I started at the south end of the beach, so that by the time I came to the stand of sea grape trees just north of the pier, a popular illegal drinking...spot that shielded partiers from view of the beach and street, it was about one a.m. I wasn’t disappointed. With the lights out, and the sound of the buggy’s engine masked by the sound of the surf, I drove right up to a couple of teenagers on a blanket without their noticing. The boy was standing, naked from the waist down. The girl was kneeling. “He should enter in forty-three seconds. Orders?”Octavia thought for a moment. She was probably ten minutes or so from her place herself – and she needed to stop in and talk to Avery. Plus send a message to Melissa to have her start packing the household. Plus ... so many things to do, so little time.Prioritize. Delegate. She’d stop in and talk to Avery and let her handle the rest. “Let him go. Send my apologies to Decurion Omachuck and tell him to stand down but remain ready. I’ll meet Gebel. Now, sitting beside her in the cab, enjoying the warmth of her mouth as she "got me ready", I took a trip down her memory lane, and saw how those 6 words had changed everything. How one thought had gotten her from respectable-looking young mother, to the woman who was practically coming, just from knowing I was hard.Chapter 1"Pleasing your son turns you on."Marion Page was a single mother of one. Her son, Tom, was just turning one, and Marion's mother was looking after him while she stepped out. Perhaps it never will be. It may be but a dream,” said Jos.“Tomorrow is not yet. It may be but a dream,” Henk responded. “If we do not build our dreams, how can tomorrow be?”“Do you work?”“I’ve been a carpenter for NE Sheds off’n River Farm Road.”“And Tadum?”“She cleans house for a whitefella family.”“Are other Wijilawarrim interested in a new place?”“‘Bout a dozen.”“Jos, tell of your dream.”“This will take time. Let’s get something to drink, first.” Most fetched water or tea.“All of us know.