..”, and headed to his room.Tim stood, looked around at the now empty kitchen, and started cleaning up the mess.It would be three hours before Josh ...e-emerged from his bedroom. After tossing and turning on his bed, lack of sleep caught up to him and he fell asleep.Josh found his mom on the couch. She was reading a book, which was normal for a Saturday afternoon. If she noticed Josh, she didn’t let on. Josh’s voice registered his bad mood, “Did Steve and Tim go home?”Without looking up, Lisa. The interior was of dense iron ore. Large fingers projected out, emerging from the sixty yard thick walls. They projected six to eight miles towards the center with further docks attached to them at right angles. It was a hive of activity as they had counted four super carriers, fifteen battleships in various stages of completion, one hundred fifty cruisers, fifty destroyers and tens of thousands of shuttles and gunships. Near the rear of the facility was a large barracks that could house fifty. ..". He swallowed hard. "I was on my way home from University,Sir". "Bad luck". "Yes, Sir". "I mean; it wasjust an accident, wasn't it? And you were enslaved for fifteen years!" "That'sthe law, Sir. I did cause the death of another man". "Hardly. Blackice was not your fault, neither that he was fool enough not to use his seatbelt".He didn't answer, but his eyes darkened. "Be that as it may. You know how to organise my household?" "Ibelieve so, Sir". "Then do that. My luggage will be brought up. Ausser Cherryl, die klein gebaute, schmaechtige Kassiererin. Judy hatte nie besonders viel von der ein Jahr juengeren Schwarzen gehalten, ihr nicht ganz ueber den Weg getraut. Diese kleinen, flinken Augen… und dann zog sich Cherryl immer den Kittel an, den alle Kassiererinnen tragen mussten, und liess einfach zwei Knoepfe zu viel auf, und alle Kunden hatten einen praechtigen Blick auf ihren schwarzen Spitzen-BH, der ihre kleinen Tittchen nach oben drueckte.Judy war der krasse Gegensatz: Sie war.