Alex Gordon might not have been formally accepted into the regiment but he had been there under their jurisdiction. His records and test scores showed... that he was moving along nicely. His instructors confirmed that he was one of the ones they had marked as likely to succeed. After conferring with some of the other officers on the base, Captain Campbell decided to agree to Alex's requests to join the SAS. If nothing else could be done for him then he could at least die as a member of the. ..” Tears glistened in her eyes. In a soft voice, she said, “You could have been killed, Hunter. All because of me.”Taking her hand, I backed up and sat in the armchair, drawing her onto my lap. “This is not your fault. This is their fault. They are responsible for your father’s death. They are responsible for shooting me. They are responsible, not you.”Callie melted against me, her head finding my shoulder. We sat in silence. Eventually she whispered, “Kay.”Inside, I was concerned. Lethal. I felt a gentle kiss placed on my forehead.I opened my eyes. She was just pulling back from having kissed me. Tears were running down her face. "Hi mom," I said weakly.Her face broke into a wide smile. "Its okay, darling," she said reassuringly. "Everything's going to be alright." Her smile suddenly faded. "We'll work through this whole thing together." Damn right we will, ' came the masculine voice from the bottom of the bed. I looked down and saw my dad standing at the bottom of the bed.I was. We do not have any artificial gravity, so we are nominally living at 0 g. The temperature is maintained at 15 degrees C. Is that close enough to your requirements?" Yes, we can handle that very easily. May I come visit you? I would like to bring my Engineering Officer so that he can see what changes we might have to make in our machine to allow it to work with your ship." Please do come visit. I am afraid, though, that you will have to provide the shuttle. There is an airlock here at the bow.