" Kirsty said, her words finally breaking into my reverie of what might have been."I'm so sorry hun." I replied and almost without thinking reached ac...oss to squeeze her knee."Don't be Charlie, he was an arse and you knew it." She said placing her hand lightly on my own to my utter shock as it prevented me removing mine.The temptation to move my hand upwards was almost overwhelming, as I had at first expected her to move her legs away, but still fear held me in place, though I did not remove my. Lore has a radius of two thousand miles, about twice that of Earth's single moon. It orbits a sun similar in size and strength to Earth's Sun. Seven other planets inhabit the solar system, although these other planets are currently uninhabitable. For the moment, they provide plentiful commodities to fuel Lore's rapid growth - with large terraforming operations planned for the future.The total population numbers one hundred and fifty million. Compared to the massive central planets, some with. "Now see here, Johnny, my boy,"she said. "It's mine to give if and when I want to, and I definitely do not want to give anything right now--and probably never again to you."This hit me really hard. I stared at her in disbelief and intense pain. Then I started to cry like a baby. I just couldn't help it. It was the first time in years that Mom had seen me crying.She softened her attitude. "I'm sorry, baby, but you've got to understand. I'm your mother. I don't know what got into me last. E. a team losing 2 consecutive games will get the cloth removed from a boy and a girl. It has to be alternate.As the rules were simple, everyone understood it clearly and was ready to start with it. The teams were formed of Ravi and Shreya and another team of me and Smriti. The toss was also done in a fair manner, I and Ravi both had a hit for 1 dart and who scores the most will get the first chance.Ravi scored higher and his team got the first chance. They were playing for the first time. But.