‘Takes too long to compute our exit point, good idea though. Any other ideas?’ ‘Go through the middle?’ What the hell he thought. LT Ortega pu... full braking thrust, while spooling up the engines to full afterburners. ‘Set up auto-pilot to go 10 alpha uniforms past the border’ Davis increased the graviton field so the acceleration would not crush them and set a point in United Systems space that was 10 astronomical units from the border. 500 tera-newtons shot out the end of the Thresher Elite.. The weak December sun was beginning to peek over the horizon. The light was pale grey, cold as the air. He turned to look at the young woman sleeping next to him. Her light auburn hair was half covering her face. She looked so peaceful. Looking back, even as recently as the past summer, Dave wouldn't have believed that he could have such a beautiful college freshman as a live-in lover. It was just a fantasy for men like him. Men in their fifties never got so lucky.He couldn't resist her.. I even told her, that if she wanted to fuck him, it was okay with me. I would do this whenever she got close to coming, hoping against hope that she would finally admit she wanted to fuck him, but it just never happened. Due to a merger of my company with another, the corporate headquarters was moved to another city 220 miles away. I was forced to move, but my friend did not have to make the move. For all practical purposes our socializing ended, with the exception of a few holiday events. My. "I've never approved of the practice."Emogen smiled up at him as he extended a hand down to her and helped her to her feet. "You're a good man, Verus," she said, and kissed his cheek. "Your wife must have felt very lucky."The expression on Verus' face was unreadable. "I don't know about that," he said quietly. "She only spent maybe five years in total with me, I was away so much." Yet in those five years you had six children," said Lady Emogen. "When you were home, you obviously loved one.