"I have been looking for a reason to dislike Emerson, Cathy. You are right. It scares me to care so much for someone. I feel like I am giving up contr...l." Maria whispered."Well, I've got the same problem with Tom, except he has never hurt me and I know he never would deliberately. He's got my heart and I have to trust him to be careful with it. Besides, I know I have his, so he has to be!" Cathy said.Maria laughed. "You are always so honest about everything. I am glad that you and Tom have. He corralled his duffel bag and turned to Lenna. “I’m ready now.”“There’s no hurry, you know.” Lenna opened the door and pulled herself into the passageway. “Sijay won’t leave until we are aboard.” She grasped one of the handrails and started aft, toward the hangar deck.“Maybe. She’d leave me in a minute if I was late.” Devin followed his wife toward the waiting shuttle. Ten minutes later, they settled into their seats and fastened their safety harnesses. The shuttle’s cargo area could be. ”After Kate did another frustrated, clawed hands by her face and the thrown down response, she ripped the papers from her mom’s hands. She gave those to her dad before her brother’s phone started dinging like crazy as Kate’s fingers flew over her own phone. Unlike her mom, he was reading them and then responding to her versus speaking to her.I didn’t even realize that I was rubbing her shoulders gently to relax her. She not only doesn’t seem to mind one bit, I think Kate is getting very horny. It's not that I don't feel confident I can deal with strangers under whatever circumstance, it's just weird being the only one to watch my back again. Feels like college, or something.The second of those hangovers came after a night where I almost went home with someone at the bar, but thankfully Fiona – one of my fellow professors – stepped in and kept me from making an acute ass of myself. I didn't even really remember, but she filled me in the next morning. She is probably the most likely.