In response, Jane Doe said nothing, andmerely stared at this older woman, whom she was coming to realize, wassupposed to be her mother.She was followe...d by an older man, with an old plaid shirt with thesleeves rolled up and a noticeable beer belly. His hair was salt andpepper but his beard still had a faint brownness to it, as if it wasslowly and surely being drained of youth over the years.Awkwardly, the pair hovered by the door, until finally Jane Doe spoke."Mom, Dad," she started, "how's it. Lev: In MC splitting the group. One bus joining Josh & co at the main entrance, other two going around to unguarded entrance to get inside the park.Selma: Be careful. Things could get out of control.Lev paused. It wasn’t possible to tell via text if the last part was meant to be a warning or an expression of excitement. His stomach was already sending him both signals. He’d grown up in Israel knowing every day brought a possibility of real, potentially-lethal violence, but generally managed to. The last thing she wished to do was sleep with this girl. Becky Stone was a slob. She stunk to high heaven, wore the same thing for days on end, and Lena thought that she never heard of a bath."You always have some excuse," Becky sneered."I've got a date with Shasta as soon as my period is over and we're going to go somewhere for a week," Lena explained. Becky was not welcome at her table of friends but the damn girl couldn't take the hint. She was tall, 5'10", weighed about two hundred pounds,. The jump engines were charging, and as the small three berth scout ship drifted in interstellar space it creaked and groaned like an old fashioned wooden sailing ship. Most of their money had been spent on a decent ship for Arron and Minara. They had left the station several days ago to search for their young son and Theasa over a large area of space. He had just to get to the core worlds to find Nora and Varna then get them away to a frontier world on the empire rim where they could trade this.
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