One can’t know when they will occur, yet they do. He thought about her briefly as he watched the young boy return to his playing.The group of child...en was slightly larger today than it usually was. 12 or more playing when only a small group of four to six was the normal number. This is when he noticed the tall man with the girls. He was on a cell phone, not really paying attention to the girls. He thought how easy it would be to just snatch these two up right now and have his way. Lovely. "You seem lost in thought, Vel," she said softly.I looked at her and smiled. "Not lost," I said. "Just thinking about what we're doing here." I looked back up through the skylight at the planet. "About what is happening down there."J'Una raised herself up on an elbow."You know the drill, Vel," she said, sternness entering her voice. "The system went over to the Alliance, and now they're paying for it." Yeah," I said. "That's the drill. Forced evacuations and imposition of a military occupation.. He groans, and the sound is actuality. She hears the sound, and moves to his side. She presses the button that summons a doctor, this time, it is a pretty young woman, at least twenty four. She looks at least nominally Asian, but she lacks an accent when she speaks English. The doctor talks to the man, and Chantelle hates that she is standing there, unable to do anything of substance. She feels all kinds of unattractive, bordering on ugly. She wishes that they were alone, the attachment she. Chuck handed Freddy his drink, and we knew it was Gail on the other end. We heard him say that he was with us, and that he would behave himself. Then he said, “Here Terry, Gail would like to talk to you.”He handed me the phone. “Hi Gail, I hope your mother is alright.”She told me that her mother was getting better, but she would be down there for another couple of days. Then she asked me what was going on tonight. I told her that we ran into Fred at the restaurant, and he invited us to join.