”The Tactical officer yelled ecstatically, “Good lord, they did it!”Captain Bragg watched as one of the enemy’s Habyr battleships suddenly ope...ned fire on another Larkami ship. The captain of course had seen the suicidal attempt of untrained marine recruits to take on a full-size enemy battleship in deep space. Bragg had already written them off, considered them early casualties in a fight he would lose himself in a short while. Even a well-trained, well-equipped team of elite forces would not. I wondered if that was still true or whether my subconscious was tryingto protect me from a painful memory. "So, we're not seeing her," I saidfinally."Do what you want," Jill allowed."She can't see me like this," I said depressed."What does it matter what she thinks?" Jill asked."What does anything matter?" I wondered. My life was no longer my ownanymore. I had no career, hobbies, or love life. I was a ghost."Poor you. How about you stop wasting half our life away with movies andtelevision.. Sue had told me that she had cheated on Ron by going to the island with a lover. I was angry with her for doing that to Ron. If I had not been so aggressive to her she may have had the opportunity to discuss her problems with me. Maybe my response of telling her that if I ever heard of her cheating on Ron again I would tell him took that opportunity away from her.I looked at my old mate and said, “Oh fuck, mate I’m sorry. I fucked up. When she came to me I sent her away. I took away her. As he watched the red tinged suds disappear down the drain, he decided he’d not be able to do the same with his shirt. That was now a prize that contained Suki’s DNA and deserved special treatment. He’d take it to bed with him - holding it close to his face so he could smell the scent of her blood.Dillon’s shower was the physical incarnation of his new mindset. Purged of any doubt, thoroughly absolved of any wrong-doing. His actions having directly led to Suki assaulting him with her body. It.