When I arrived at the party, the music was blasting, everyone looked wasted, and the air was smokey. Ryan saw me immediately and came over.“Hey you,... glad you made it, you look great!” Ryan grabbed my hand and led me back outside where we could be alone.“Glad you texted me, looks like a fun party. Want to go back inside?” I began to open the door.“Nah, the party is shit, no one cool is here. Wanna get out of here?” His eyes looked like they held mischievous secrets.“Why not?”He was still holding. " The one that hung in our room?" Pam marveled. "I thought you had it." I thought YOU did!" Kim scratched her snow white hair. "I went to take it down the day we packed up," she looked sideways and grinned. "Before we went parking one more time. And I couldn't find it. I just always thought you had put it in with your stuff."(Seventy years previously)Kim straightened up, put her hands on her hips and arched her back. "Gosh, packing is hard work." That's because we haven't done any of it really. Figuring I was safe from Adam for awhile, I sat down on the bench as the bus stop to try to figure things out. I took stock of what I had, which wasn't much, and what I needed. I had no job, and no skills to speak of. I needed a place to stay and something to eat.It didn't take me long to figure out that if I could use my sexual appetite to get a bottle, why not use if to get something to eat? I knew that prostitution was a tricky game and that it could be dangerous, but I grew up on these. Stopping to look out one of the windows of the ship, he reached out and touched the force shield. Shaking his head at the wonder of the ship, he turned back to his friends."It's amazing, this ship. Amy, how are you doing with the base computer?"Amy turned her head from where she was talking to Tammy."Sir, I have gone through the data base and found out where every procurement officer is on earth. Each officer..."Ken looked over at Amy and said, "Use the correct name for them, Amy ... it's.