"I sure as shit hope so," David explained. "Tonight I want you to cook up a cup of rice and mix in a sardine. Then refrigerate it overnight. Tomorrow'...s breakfast will be a lump of cold rice that tastes like fish."They spent the day being reasonably productive, and mid-afternoon David took her to the doctor to check on the progress of her pregnancy. The doctor said that she should conceive in less than one week. They laughed and giggled all the way home. On the way, they stopped at the McDonalds. It scared me."That's what I can't tell you. I mean I can, if you insist I will," I said, crumbling.Laura was pensive. I drove and watched her out of the corner of my eye. She was biting her lip, and then she nodded. She had it. "It's him isn't it? Does he have a Mexican wife?" Her father's Mexican American. Her mother's Swedish I think. Remember I told you Huley has blond hair? She's one quarter Mexican." You've been screwing Ollie Pettersen's daughter?" Laura was screaming at me. Tears were. "The odds don't look good, Patrick." I smiled back at him."You're right. The odds are not good. I really should send Megan and Amy home. Then the other guys would at least have a chance. Oh well, they started it. They deserve what they're going to get." They all looked at me with skepticism. "I told you, none of you are going to die." I don't understand," the President said. "You have a bunch of girls. How are you going to keep us safe?" They all looked at me as if I was crazy."Mr. President,. The world had changed. He had changed. The garden was a refuge from the reality of the ship. A reality he was no longer sure he belonged in. Opening his arms as she ran to him, Ger engulfed the young girl as she crushed herself against him. They stood like that, unspeaking, for what seemed like ages. Which was how Kine found them.Ger saw him approach, and with a small shake turned Amanda in front of him to face her brother. Noting that it looked like he was using the twelve year old as a.