She had been very good to me, it was the least I could do. I decided as a good will gesture, I would leave the TV behind, Alexis had one in her unit.O...n Tuesday morning, I went to the bank and picked up the certified check and dropped it off to Amanda at ERT Realty. She gave me a copy of the key, I had promised to pickup Alexis for lunch, take her to see it. I was at Alexis’ office for noon, she was right on time. We drove straight over to the house, her reaction being the same as mind as we. He collected his hat from his quarters and returned to the bridge. Once there he requested, “What is our speed and altitude?”“Twelve thousand feet Sir.” Said the helmsman “We’re running at 80% thrust. Making about 70 miles an hour.”Jake nodded then asked, “Any traffic in the area Commander Perry?”“No sir. The skies have been clear since we left Innis Port area traffic.”“Good. Helm bring us down to eight thousand feet. Reduce speed to 60% thrust.” The helmsman repeated the orders and then went. "We're going to the Rat for a few drinks. Come with us!"Elaine couldn't think of a good excuse not to go. "Okay, maybe just for one or two." Cool," said Kendra, rejoining us as we started walking toward the bar. "We can get pizza later. I'm buying."With a wink, Elaine asked Chelsea, "Did someone win the lottery or something?"Chelsea looked at Kendra and asked, "Shall I tell her, or do you want to?"Kendra grinned. "I got a job." Did you? Cool!" Elaine remembered Kendra saying her parents wanted. It was one of those self-propelled models that had a two stage blower system. I grabbed a shovel and started working around the edges and in places where the blower would not be able to get to. Dad got the engine running and started moving down the driveway. The snow wasn't very deep, maybe two inches, but if we hadn't gotten a jump on it we wouldn't be able to get out for a few days.I started on the front walk as dad was working on the drive."Here honey, have something warm to drink." I turned.