Me- There is nothing to explain. You have cheated my father and deserve no place in this house.Mom – Please don’t do this. I beg you. I will do an...thing. I will buy you a car. I will buy you whatever you want.Me – I don’t want all these things. I am so angry at you.Mom – What do you want, son?Me – I know you married my father for his money and to live a lavish life. I want you to work for that money.Mom- What do you mean?Me- I want you to obey whatever I say, and if you listen to everything, I. “David,” she was whispering, “I had to come in here, I’m so glad you called.” Puzzled, David couldn’t believe his ears. Minutes before she was rejecting him. Now she was glad he had called. “It’s my sister, she has a thing for you, I didn’t want her to know it was you, she would kill me if she knew I was telling you this.” David’s was speechless, his heart had stopped beating and sweat had beaded on his forehead. Was this a dream. “Caroline,” he said weakly, “Caroline, are you sure?” “Dummy,”. "The older boys wanted to stay and tried to convince their mother. Monique wanted the boys now, and to a lesser extent Justine, to stay with her, but she would go with them if they chose to go."In the mean time, there is a lot of education for each of you to catch up on. I suggest you start immediately, and see what you can do."There certainly was a lot to do. The base was still not ready and already more refugees were here than we could reasonably expect to handle. The moon mission was. Television monitors were blank, most of the interior lights were off. Ken led me through the double wooden doors marked "authorized personnel only" and into his office."You mentioned something about making copies of our aircraft," Ken said."I have a portable scanner with me," I explained how it worked. "A small replicator is in the trunk of my car. Let me scan something you need a copy of and we will get it out of the trunk."The item chosen was a yellow, hourglass-shaped radio called the Gibson.