She was a beautiful, happy woman, and although I never met her, I still feel pangs of sadness when I think of her. The one who took it the hardest was...my dad, however. Most of my childhood memories of him are of a distant man who was most likely reminded of his wife when he looked at us. By us, I refer to my brother, Ben, who is three years younger than me. We grew up never thinking we'd see him happy again, like the man we saw in the videos. Then, he met Jillian.Jill is nice enough, I guess,. Anyone who is wounded will get double their share, and if anyone is killed their family will get triple their share.”“I’m not going to order you into a fight without hearing what you want. Would you rather just sink them and continue on our way, or would you rather take a chance on getting wounded or killed and earn some real money today? Basically, I’m asking you to choose between being cowards or being greedy. Me, I’m greedy and I want to capture that ship. Please spend a few minutes talking. Thanks for bringing Karen and yourself to see us. She said something about a ring?”“She’ll show you when she calms down.”“She will but she’s so much happier now with you solidly in the picture.”“I’m very happy to be in the picture.”She gave me another hug and pulled me into the house. Once in the kitchen with its bright lights, Karen showed off her ring. She stood with me facing her happy parents. We each had an arm around each other. They were facing us with Mister Mason’s arm around his wife.. There had been so many new worlds discovered, that we needed to make some plans on what we were going to do with them.At first, we considered the idea of offering one or two to the inhabitants of Earth. In the end, it was decided that they were better off where they were, at least from our standpoint. We wanted them where we could keep an eye on them. It would be easier to avoid trouble, that way. Mars was close, so maybe we could give that to them.The next surprise came from Gunnar. I hadn't.