Apparently the crisis had been averted.Just then I heard a soft thump, as something bumped gently against the outer hull. Well, at least it was a soft...collision, I thought. After a few more moments of thunderous silence, I heard another sound from the outside hull. It sounded as though an air lock had mated itself to the main exit hatch.Thoroughly confused now, I peered out through the window of the entrance hatch and, instead of the normal blackness of deep space, I saw a well lit corridor. ’ He put the money in his wallet and patted her shoulder. ‘I promise I won’t spend it all in one place.’ ‘Very funny,’ Doreen said, but she smiled. It was almost noon when they headed toward Fairview, a small city thirty miles east of Starkwood. It had a few big retail stores and some sit-down restaurants. ‘I ain’t been to Fairview since I was a little kid,’ Doreen said. Luke slipped on a pair of sunglasses. The fog had completely dissipated, and sunlight warmed the truck’s interior. ‘Well, I. Looks like he was smart enough to try and sit things out at Waffle House for a while, or something." Not smart enough," Will said. "He did hang around to admire his handiwork, didn't he? I would have high-tailed it out of Knoxville as soon as I could." You wouldn't have busted your ex-wife's house and torched her store, either." Probably not," he said. "For one, I was never in the Boy Scouts or in the Army. I wouldn't know how to build a fire if you held a gun to my head. I'd be walking around. Josh studied thecomputers for several hours but couldn't decipher the language, but theinformation resembled shipping orders. Some thing he was familiar with.'It looks like this ship was for cargo, and the cargo was of about athousand units to be delivered a couple years ago.'So, with nothing of value to salvage and disappointment setting in, Joshdecided it was time to leave. But one last thing was tickling hiscuriosity, what the hell was the ice for, and how had it stayed frozen?Josh.