“Secondly, Newton’s first law of motion dictates the container will maintain course and momentum with or without us attached to it. We can clear t...he dead zone, transmit our findings and get assistance to reclaim the cargo when it catches up with us. Worst case scenario the container is jacked by whoever is out here and never makes it to Jupiter, but at least we do.”“How much time do you predict we’ll gain? We already performed a full burn to get to our top cruising speed.” Rhys noted. “Once we. (Absolutely no banana hammocks!) We dusted off and inflated the ‘kiddie’ pool that was stored under the house from the year before. We set up volleyball nets, a couple of horseshoe pits, a croquet course, put out a cornhole board and a Twister game (which, of course, would become Naked Twister!). We had beer kegs, and of course, Vic would be bartender, with the liquor. Chip would be in charge of grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage brats, and planned on smoking a bunch of baby back ribs. I. We watched the movie, but we weren't really concentrating on it (except for the sex scenes), there was too much tension with all of us being alone knowing what we knew to be thinking about anything else, but we kept it under control. When that movie was over we put on another one and took our same spots with each other. I'm pretty sure the second movie was just for appearances because one, we wanted to give the parents enough time to go to sleep so watching it wasn't necessary, two, the tension. It's bad. I found out Marion is ... was ... having an affair." Oh no. Oh, Bill. You don't deserve that. After all you've done for her." The look on her face was one of genuine pity."Yah ... well ... now comes the hard part. What to do?" Yes ... what to do? Do you want some free advice from an old lady with experience?" Sure. The one thing I'm short of right now is experience." Trust, but verify. If you forgive her ... take her back, and I'm guessing you will, trust but verify."He sat back in.
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