Hilli has the most to learn, but not too much.”“He seems to like Grandad Tivey,” I grinned, glancing over to see them chatting together.“He do...s. He opens up to him much more than he does for me or your Dad yet, though he does hero worship your brother a bit too.”“I expect Dayyev takes it in his stride,” I chuckled. “He kind of got used to it with Amanda and Vicki.”“He does. He occasionally takes all three along with him when he meets up with the girls and Plenna,” Mum smiled.“They weren’t. “That torpedo is one of my designs that is made to fool Alliance tech specifically. I might have stolen a ship once for a job and took a look around their systems,” Ethan admitted with a shrug. “It sounds more impressive than it was, trust me,” he said when they stared at him.“Do you run into the Alliance a lot?” Helen asked in a disapproving voice. She eyed him up and down from her jumpseat.“Enough to know how they conduct a chase,” he lied with a shrug.“What do we do now?” Alissa asked to. It was large, had multiple television screens all playing different sports events, loud music and deep booths. Conversations were raised to overcome the music. In a booth, we could talk and never be overheard.Alia, showing her well-honed sense of style, wore skinny jeans, black leather ankle boots with tall heels, a sky blue buttoned-down men’s shirt, and a brown leather jacket. A white gold chain hung around her neck with matching earrings dangling, the tight waves of her glossy dark hair. The song was pretty cool. It was about a small-town kid taking a chance and hitting the big time. I wondered if Liz might be a psychic along with her other talents. I was putting the disc away when my phone buzzed with a text.“On the way home; all OK,” Liz had typed. Or perhaps she’d had Skye do it depending on how cranky she was.“Lunch and loving boyfriend waiting for you,” I typed back.I got a winking emoji that I didn’t know how to return so I sent the only thing I could remember. It was a.