"There has to be a reason. I wonder if it has anything to do with water contamination. Willis Overland suggested that some of the ranchers would be wo...ried about any discovery of that on their land."Before anyone could say anything else, Doctor Hettinger appeared once more."Your daughter is doing quite well, considering. We'll want to keep her here for a few days yet to make sure there's no infection in her arm and that the bone is setting properly. We also want to be certain there are no after. In fact, she was probably worse, bring that she already had a lover. One day, mom and Ginger were having a world class screaming match. I figured Ging did or said something stupid and mom went nuclear on her. And Ging gave it right back to mom.This went on for probably about 15 minutes. Me and Mikey knew enough to keep our noses out of their business, so we sat on the couch watching TV, keeping quiet. Finally, I heard mom yell, “That’s it! I’ve had enough of you! Come here!” Mikey and I. “No it isn’t and neither is what is going on down below...pay attention for fucks sake!” Al did as he was told even if officially he was Lou’s boss and Mandy was left in an ocean of darkness as the only source of light sat like a large halo around her. Lou kept the Lux level at about 70% of what the spot could do and narrowed the white light so it only played around the quilt. Mandy looked up and smiled. The light reflected off the quilt like a small dim rainbow, the shadows of the seated. "He looked at me as I grinned, "they are not ship handlers. They are artists and real teachers."The captain continued to look at me and I gestured, "what is our next stop?"He shrugged, "High Station in the Meltant system."I looked at him, "Mark, Dagger and Quinn could be there in three weeks."He shook his head and I touched his shoulder, "sir? This ship needs major work. The anti gravs are very shaky and the gravity systems has been jury rigged a dozen times. Your reactor uses three times as.