We got the contract for the movie. Can you come down with your parents and sign it?”“Are you and Tom happy with it?” I asked.“If you mean are ...we happy that you’ll be making a butt-load of money for six weeks of work, then yeah. For a secondary character, you’re going to make more than you did for Star Academy.”“Call my dad and tell him I said to sign it. Do you have his cell?” I asked.“Yeah, is everything okay?” she asked.“Everything’s just fine. Thanks for taking care of me,” I told Kendal.Mom. They didn’t get much more sleep, and Thursday morning was spent back down at the swimming pool.“What time is it?” asked Becca.“I don’t know,” was the eventual answer. “I’m not wearing a watch.”“You’re not wearing anything,” was her snarky response.“I have finally found somebody as deviant as I am,” he commented.She smiled at that. “I have to admit, for an older man you’re almost in my league.”Jack’s eyes popped open at that comment, and he turned his head to face her, to find her smiling back.. In fact, they even have a name for it: 'Oedipus complex.' It is not that uncommon. And it is a little bit flattering to me." I was speaking without fully thinking about the meaning or ramifications of my words. I was really only trying to relieve any awkwardness and anxiety my stepson was experiencing at the moment. I continued, "And Bryan, you are rapidly becoming a man, and our ages are not that far apart. In fact, I am closer to your age than I am to your father. The fact that you become. It did simplify the task of finding the shuttle bay doors, however. For a shuttle to dock in a hull that spun like this one, it had to approach one end of the hull, along the axis of the spin. Since the drive engines were, like all impulse engines, mounted in the rear third of the hull, that left only one end for docking shuttles.Axial rotation suggested that the vessel was using centrifugal force to simulate gravity, but for the life of him, Pham couldn't figure out why they would need to..
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