I should have been so happy that she was home and this torturous day was finally over, but I was also scared. I had completely disobeyed her. It was a... accident, but she wouldn’t care. She had Capiche me, and I knew better, I knew to not push myself that hard. So I sat, back straight, in the living room with my hands clasped, on my lap, my fingers wringing nervously together. I hated when I disappointed her.“Babe?”“Hi Cass, I’m here.” My body shook a little more. ‘God why didn’t have. The computer screens they were using thanked them for their participation in the process and gave them appointments with recruiters. Matt's was in six days at the very recruiting center that they were now sitting in. It included a free two-way pass for the public transportation system. Jeff's appointment however, was a little different. It was in two days at the MPG deployment center itself."Why do you think we have different appointment places?" Jeff asked as they headed back through Thruster. “I hope this won’t take too long,” Kirim said as we sat in the lobby waiting for Myrialis.“Me too, though apparently this guy is being quite paranoid about the situation as whatever it is he has is quite sensitive. Plus the situation on the surface is difficult with one of the organisations engaged in a takeover of another, with a lot of low level fighting.”“Yes, fortunately they do not permit such situations here in the Spire,” she nodded.“Yep, they need the interstellar business and here is. Anyway, Daddy went into the kitchen and I heard him pouring himself some whiskey like he always did when he got home. Then he brought it into the living room with me and he watched the television with me for a while. I remember saying, 'Daddy, do you wanna start early tonight?' He knew what I meant. I kinda just wanted to get it over with. He looked at me and he said, 'Melody baby, I wanna do something different to night. Let's do something romantic that husbands and wives are supposed to do.'.