“Please direct all questions to the chair.”The leader surveyed the assembly as she made eye contact with every person in the assembly. Satisfied h...r statement was understood, she slowly lowered herself into her chair.“Mr. Richards, would you care to respond to Belinda’s charge?” Sheila faced me and nodded her permission to speak.“I never force myself on anyone. I don’t attend parties without an invitation.”I folded my hands in front of me and took a deep breath as a bead of sweat trickled down. "The Imperium and their military lackeys don't want a 'relationship' the families. They want us gone. They awaken each morning regretting they ever released us from the hole." Why?" someone on the other side called out. "Why do they hate us?" We threatened their status quo," the man who snorted replied. "We swat away their military minions like terrestrial insects. They want their power and their money and their political games. All of human space is subservient to them except for us. Our very. " It was like she floated to the kitchenette, grabbed a couple of glasses and pulled down from the shelf a bottle of wine. She opened a drawer, pulled out a bottle opener and said, "Do the honors?" Fortunately, cruzing through the student union one day, Good Morning America had a guest that talked about wine etiquette. I watched, thinking one day this may come in handy. It did. As I sniffed the cork and gave it to her to sniff, I poured a very small amount into one of the mismatched. ’ ‘Just think it over…’ stepping out the door Juan looked back, ‘we could do it for six months, make the money and get out.’ Shaking his head Patrick replied, ‘You always think you’re going to get out….but it follows you….trouble never lets you go.’ * Snake broke into the house and walked around checking out the place. After a while he went over to the small bar in the corner of the lounge and poured himself a glass of whisky. His eyes were gritty and he was tired, having only managed a short.