Rory opened the car door and exhaled with relief when he saw the little girl open her eyes. He dropped his head and just started saying, “Thank god...... Thank god... Thank god...”“Hey, are you ok?” he asked the little girl.“I am Rory... Is this your mom?”She didn’t answer. He waited for a few breaths before asking, “What’s your name?”She held up four fingers.He smiled at her and asked, “You are Four?”She nodded her head.With a big smile, he said, “Glad to meet you Four. I’m Rory.”He held out his. She gave Laura a graceful little wave, head-cocked, as if to say, I know more than you think I do. Or was it, I feel the same way, Laura darling. Let's see what happens? Or was it, God, I'm glad that evening is over-what a crushing bore that Laura is!Laura stood forlornly at the top of the escalator, watching Sara descend until her form disappeared into the dark maw of the transit station. She hated herself for feeling this way. I want to do more than kiss her, don't I, she realized. And here I. “The Syndicate possesses a number of surface to air planetary defense weapons that will bring down any dropships you attempt to land, if you try to take the colony by force you’ll be throwing away the lives of your men. Here is our ultimatum to you; leave this system and never return. Strike it from your star charts and leave us in peace.”“I will not abandon the rule of law,” Stavros replied adamantly. “It’s the only thing that holds our colonies together, without it we are all defenseless and. Dad was right when he said I was pussy whipped. Time flew by and before I knew it I was at the company’s doorstep to do my first internship. I spent the next twelve weeks learning a different job each week and then it was back to school. I did go home for holidays, birthdays and such. It was always good to see my family. It took me five years to get my degree in business management and marketing, but I also received nearly a year of work experience. For a guy of twenty-four I was doing quite.