Luke watched the girl run out of the pool area. After she disappeared into the building, he noticed something else had been sitting on the chair. Pick...ng it up, he realized it must be her headband. He lifted the black cloth to his nose, inhaling deeply as he enjoyed the faint smell of shampoo. His thoughts drifted to imagining the girl showering right now and shampooing her hair.Realizing he was beginning to show obvious signs of arousal in his not-so-baggy swim trunks, he looked around the. Theyhad put a mole into the crew, and he had turned them in.His parents had been very careful not to keep anything that couldincriminate Lawrence, aboard the ship. So he narrowly escaped on lack ofevidence.He sat in a dazed drunken stupor in the bar in Mars City. Unaware atfirst of the others around him until the young girl across from himfinally got his attention. "Hi, my name is Clarice, Clarice Void," shesaid as if it should ring some kind of bell.In truth all he could remember was that his. "Well whether you like being here or not, you are at least going to act civil. Now I want you to thank me for your supper," Nick said in a voice that brooked no refusal. Allison however, ignored the warning in his voice."I shall not, you miscreant" Allison said, crossing her arms and sitting back in her chair, ready to sit there all night before allowing a "thank you" to escape her lips."You will say thank you, or I will take you over my knee and blister your backside so bad you won't be able. Inkie told her. Helva responded. Inkie quipped. Helva was not above gallows humor. Helva hesitated, then continued, Helva appeared to be weeping, After a pause, Helva finished, There wasn’t much that Inkie could say beyond, Helva said, Wendy, make that Cadet Wendy Darling, sat almost glued to Vivie’s side. In only a short time, she’d done her best to become indispensable to Vivie, started formal martial arts and weapons training, and spent as much time as she could scrounge in a sleep.