That’s what is driving the pressure on the administration and will force congress to act. I’m trying to warn you.”I sighed. “NASA wants contro...,” I said. “I’m not going to cede it. What might work for political purposes, that is less than them running the mission? Hell, they would delay us five years just with mission planning, crew selection, and training. They’ve already said as much.”“Negotiate a compromise,” Kelly said.I wanted to scream in frustration. I was not the negotiator. “How can I. Better take out some insurance though. Didn’t want my life screwed up. ‘Long as you remember the rules, girl. No gossip, no obligation, no curiosity, no possessiveness, don’t bring baggage with you unless you need to share real bad, no sulking if it’s a case of not tonight thanks. I tried all ways and that’s the only one that works, why I don’t have a whole bunch of friends.’ Like I said before, fake sincerity is better than no sincerity at all. Her arm tightened round my neck. You know more. But, he also told me that he's about dead certain it will be his last summer, unless we get lucky and he flunks out or something."Again there was a laugh; the story that had been told around the company was that his extremely high grades in law school were the only thing that allowed him to break free to work in the summers at all."To top it off," Al smiled, "He's gotten himself engaged to some girl who's another law student and not a rafter, and I expect she'll have something to say about him. “That’s a beautiful Monet.”Removing his coat, he revealed a neat, charcoal gray pinstripe suit, a crisp white shirt and a muted dark burgundy tie. A gold tiepin winked in the light. He folded and laid his coat over the arm of the couch carefully, and set his Trilby down on the coffee table as he settled onto the couch next to her, turning slightly towards her.Betty poured him a cup of tea.“Yes, please. A drop of milk would be fine,” he said just as she thought to ask. “Thank you,” he added,.