He smiled and continued on. I opened my exam and my stomach went into knots. I passed, but with a D. Receiving a D would drop my GPA below the minimum...for me to keep my scholarship. I didn’t know what I was going to do. I didn’t have the money to pay for my tuition, and if my tuition wasn’t paid, I would have to go home, and I wasn’t ready to do that. After the class, I left. The whole day I thought about what I could do. Kate suggested I talk to Dr. Richards about earning some extra credit.. Upon getting his attention, Carter signaled for another round. Rachel watched this and slapped his hand playfully. “Are you trying to fucking kill me?” Rachel joked. “You’d better not snore when you’re drunk, mister.”Carter laughed. The drinks arrived seconds later, and they resumed their occasional conversation. Finally they’d had enough. Rachel paid the tab with the company credit card, and the two stumbled out of the noisy lobby bar. They made their way the room, and after a few failed. "What brings the galaxy's most celebrated bounty hunters to this out of the way place?" "The starliner 'Canis Major' arrived here seven Universal days ago," Jan said without preamble, "Who disembarked at that time?" "A total of four personnel returning from vacation; a metallurgist, two cyberneticists and a quality control specialist, why?" "They are known to you?" "Yes, I have repeated contact with all my people." "Have any of them been acting oddly since they returned?" "No more than usual.". She thought it was a good thing that she'd stopped talking. He drove slowly down the road away from her. Though her legs were shaky she started to walk and was now coming to our driveway. Because of the slow speed he was driving, she could still see his car. She thought that, if it didn't get out of sight before she reached the driveway, she would walk beyond it. She did not want to let him know were she lived. She was scared - and excited. That was the look I saw on her face when she got home..