They had been having a drink down in the lounge at his hotel when the call had come in. She'd been very specific, telling him to grab a jacket and the... piling him onto her bike without a second thought.But the trip here. He didn't even want to think about it now. It would haunt his nightmares forever. He'd never been so glad to let go of a woman in his entire life. His legs still felt weak and shaky.They headed out the front door, around the side of the house. The backyard was deep shadows. He. ”“I’ll be careful. Are you and your husband on speaking terms?”The waitress came to refill our coffee cups and once again checked if we needed anything.“Only when he sees the kids. I’m not sure I want to get back together with him. I’m pretty sure he has a girlfriend and you know my take on that.”“I do. You came to terms with how I live my life, though I know you never approved.”“No, I didn’t, but it’s your life to live. I’m sorry Gerry put a stop to our visits.”“Me, too, but not everyone is. So we’re well away from where any of the fighting on that border should be happening. We spend the rest of the day watching the citadel through the telescopes.There’s only a fraction of the soldiers I expected to see moving about within the citadel. Also, large sections of the city appear to be unoccupied and in the early stages of disrepair. The most surprising thing is some of the smaller gateways are locked up and left unattended. I’m still puzzling over it when Rob says, “I do think Gregor. "Suityourself," he said, letting go of his bra."Raj Williams was a brilliant nanomedical biologist. The problem was,the entire scope of nanoscience was so heavily scrutinized on Earth thatthere was no chance of him putting his brilliance to practical use,outside of academia. So he came out to Saturn Beta to perfect his craftand potentially make some money on it."Tyler stepped into his red gingham dress. "Hence Ringed Amusements," hesaid."Hence Ringed Amusements. Which started off as something.