'I need to see if we can work this out. If she's not too damaged, maybe we can salvage her.''Good luck there, man, ' Murchison said, not sounding hope...ul.'Maybe that's all I need, ' I said.I wasn't needed for the court case. My recording was all the testimony the Prosecutor needed. My brother, Trevor, and nineteen of his cronies were sentenced to life, with hard labour, for their various crimes. More were killed in firefights or by suicide rather than be taken.My one recording had started a. " It is of no matter," the first officer said, nervously pawing the ground. "Be on your way, Terran. We wish no trouble here." Thanks. See you around the nebula," Rae replied, tipping her black Stetson. She activated the ChronoPort's controls, drew her prisoner on the stage and disappeared.Rae entered the director's office and settled into a null-grav chair. "Well done, Rae, well done," Hyde-Mathis said warmly. "Aldis III paid 13MCr for your retrieval, a tidy sum. Was it difficult tracking. It's private," I stressed, not wanting to make eye contactwith Sue. I didn't like these feelings. They were frustrating andconfusing. "Okay?"Reed waved off my comment.Sue gave me a mixed look of sympathy and worry. She stepped furtherback, understanding my sexual tension was due to her and not Reed."Sorry Jessica... Er Peter...? I thought... I was wrong. But, um, why doyou have my sports bag?" She asked, recovering."It's Jess. Peter is a different guy," I stressed but it felt like a liestill.. I wanted so much to take her in my arms and hold her but I held back and just returned the kiss in a like manner. It was like we had made a commitment to be good friends and I was happy. I knew in the long run the decision to commit totally to one another would be hers."I like what you said. I think it will work fine. All I ask is that we be faithful and love one another." I agree." Good, its getting cool now. Can we go somewhere and get a bite to eat?'So our life together began ... as.