"This is Ms. Jaclyn Fox," he replied."I am Lorna Krieger," the woman told me.There were a few other couples gathered there as well. All of them weree...ther project team members or their dates. Creighton and his wife wereamong them. Yes, that's right, the bastard was married. His spouse wasan attractive red-haired woman. We all walked out to the two limos in the semi-circle driveway. Theywere long a sleek looking black vehicles, resting on retractable wheels. If the circumstances had been. It was a ginger jar, wonderfully marked with pale blue Chinese designs. Attached was a small envelope. She was now ready to read it. It began ‘My darling fox. Please accept this humble gift as a symbol of my constant thoughts of you. Within, you will find the precious stuff for which men die, the oil of the great whale. Use it to burn a small lamp in my memory until I return. Or else you may do as they say the French women do. I learned of it in this manner. ‘The Bo ‘sun and I were remarking. This. His black tailored suit clung to his tall, lean body in all the right places. He had a hint of a tan on his naturally olive skin, and his brown eyes twinkled kindly at her. She realised that she hadn't closed her mouth since croaking out his name, and shook her head to gather her thoughts."I, I'm feeling much better today." She nodded, crossing her arms over her chest."That's good to hear," he grinned, leaning back against the elevator wall next to her and pushing his hands into the. “Says here that the frigate went down with most of its crew in orbit around Kruger II. It was struck by a Bug plasma torpedo that crippled the reactor, causing a partial meltdown. It’s pretty nasty stuff. Looks like those that made it to the lifeboats got dosed, most of ‘em died of radiation poisoning in the following weeks. Close to two hundred casualties. Sinclair was one of the lucky ones, they managed to treat him. He took a year off on medical leave, then he was stationed on the Pinwheel,.