”“I’m so glad you had someone to help, honey. Where is Helen now?” I wondered. Helen had been my work wife sort of. I guess I kind of had a fe... of them. I ran the programmers, assigned their tasks and monitoring their progress. She designed the games user interface and assigned the graphic artists. We’d discuss what we could and couldn’t do. We’d match-make programmers and graphic artists for the tasks. Knowing for the best results, you had to have people that worked well together working. "So Little lady, have you ever seen one thisbig before?" I blushed furiously and had no reply for him which endedour turn at the game. Everyone in class laughed at the innuendo andas I stepped off of the stage someone commented loudly on how redfaced I had become.After the final bell for the day had rung I went down to my locker tofind Josh waiting for me. I grabbed my books and he walked me out tohis car. Again he played the gentleman as he held the car door openfor me before getting in. "Now, why don't you turn on the porch light, so I can find you."James nodded and I could see Mickey hit several switches."Ah, there you are," the voice replied again. "My ship's telling me that I'll be able to dock in just under an hour." We'll be waiting," James said. "Will you need any rest here?"The voice laughed. "This ain't Earth with their rules on how long I can be driving before I have to sleep. In the Confederacy, I can keep Peterbilt running until the engines need to be overhauled.. Somebody once said that man cannot survive on bread alone, well believe me, he can't survive on soup either!My shoulder healed as did my ribs, but the jaw took a lot longer, five bloody weeks to be exact and even then when mum took me down to the hospital to be unwired, I was like a scared little kid."Right Johnny" said the pretty young doctor and ignored the fact that I was looking down her blouse as she'd worked on me, "Open your mouth, but do it slowly" What if I can't open it?" I said and.