Sue was pleased for me; she knew the anguish I had been going through since the night I would rather forget.Mum and dad were pleased as well, although...they thought I could do better. As I explained, this was here and now, and would perhaps lead to something better. They saw the sense in what I said. It was always easier to get a job if you already had one.Eight o'clock the following morning and Steve was waiting for me. I'd packed my lunch and made a thermos of coffee, just like a real working. ” Alex took an exit and looped around until they were heading back towards Atlantic City. “I’m just teasing you, honey.” They drove in silence for a while as Frank crooned. “Almost there, sugar.”This wasn’t the glitzy area near the casinos. Alex threaded her way down side streets in what had to be the bad part of town. Kelly couldn’t help thinking again how lucky she was that Alex was a woman! “Will this take long?” she asked as they pulled up to a battered garage and Alex thumbed a remote to. Mom Janice will lead the group and take charge." We left in a cloud of dust from the unused road and landing area. We had gone two miles when we came upon a number of people on horseback and in horse-pulled wagons. I halted our group. I then said, "Poppa, you're with me. Sling your rifle and say nothing unless I am disabled or tell you to talk. You are learning on this one." Yes, ma'am."We stepped to the front of our vehicles by about twenty or thirty feet. I realized that I was staring at. I have rescued their spacemen, I have given them the biotechnology, I have given them anti-gravity drive and I have never shown or done a single aggressive act but they still bloody shoot at me. What sort of pigs are they?" I had to admit it made me feel guilty being an American. I fell silent as the huge bulk of Jupiter and its moons fell astern and we streaked away to the outer planets. In her fury Beverly forgot to warn me and I suddenly felt a retching nauseous sickness empty my guts.