"Head to the briefing room," he ordered us. Tina dashed off, but I waited among the hanging fabric panels that shielded the ready room from the spray ...esigned to counteract the acid atmosphere as James walked toward the exit."Who was that?" the major snapped as James approached the exit. I slipped a bit deeper but remained close enough to hear the conversation."Sounded like Ulla," James said."I've looked over the list of all the citizens on Ishtar," the major said. "There is no Ulla." Ulla is. "Man, just meet her. You can go to the bathroom and leave by the back door if it gets too uncomfortable," he said. He looked desperate again, so much so that I just shrugged and said okay.She was five minutes late for the presumed 9:00PM meet up. She was smiling broadly and being the consummate pro coming up to me and offering me her hand to shake. It was the same girl that had come the night before to pick him up. We shook. "Very nice to meet you," she said."Very nice to meet you too," I. We was gonna have ta make a kind of roundabout trip 'cause of the size of the wagons an' the weight of the load in the one I was drivin'. I figured that it was gonna take us about two weeks ta make the trip unless Annie knew more than I expected 'bout drivin' a four-mule team. Them mules was well trained an' well behaved, so the problem wasn't with them, but the driver had ta know what he was doin' ta keep from confusin' the animals.The first half-day worked out pretty good, so we were both. “Things with Scott and Karen are even worse than I thought. She thinks she is just on the edge of divorce really. She didn’t actually say that, but still. And to make matters worse. Lee has the hots for her. And she knows it,” I replied. “Did you confront him about it?” Jack asked. “Yes, I told him to stop starring at her ass. But who knows if that will happen,” I replied. Then we just cuddled for a minute. Maybe it was really just she was missing, Scott not listening and cuddling with her. I.