Inara and Mal were strongly attracted to each other but they couldn't seem to get past her chosen livelihood and his self-righteous rejection of her p...rofession. But that would have to wait; right now she had to earn a living.Inara dropped towards the town of White Pine, Boros, and she noticed how raw the world looked. Terra-forming had stabilized Atmo and gravity and accelerated soil formation. But the soil was only inches thick and would not support real trees or crops. The local community was. “And so does Dante. I’ll pay him what Peach is worth, plus a small premium, and agree to reasonable royalties for any patents and copyrights he surrenders, though any Peach copyrights would transfer with the company.”“And your long-term plan?”“I’m going to run it as a division of NIKA. We’ll eventually bring all customers onto a single version, which will probably be a hybrid of what Dante was selling and what we were selling.”“You nullified your licensing deal with Lone Star, correct?”“Yes.. "I looked over at my son. Capris and a sheer peasant blouse, lovelyfoundation garments, espadrilles, a flirty purse, manicured, andpedicured, and permed, and made up, with the gorgeous hairdo of aHollywood Starlet. This was going to be a very unusual Summer. For bothof us."Mom, sounds good to me. Thank you ever so much for all that you aredoing for me. I know this was supposed to be a relaxing Summer away fromthe office for you. I hope my new ventures into Femininity are not toostressful for. Is it okay if she comes for a swim?" Sure Beth. She's more than welcome. It will be fun."Beth and Jamie came in the door later in the day. Beth went up to her uncle and hugged him tightly."I missed you, Uncle Jason."She gave Jason a soft, lingering, kiss on the lips. It was definitely not the typical kiss a niece would give to her uncle. Jason's hand automatically slipped down to Beth's ass and fondled it. When he realized he shouldn't be doing that in front of Jamie, he quickly moved his hand.