He should be back in Nebraska tomorrow night. I am free to do what I want from here on out,” Megan said with a smile.“He understands that if I wa...nt you at a moment’s notice that he will not stop you from coming?”“Yes, he knows and won't interfere with us. He knows how badly I want a family and that he cannot give that to me,” Megan said as she brushed my cheek.“Good, now that we have that settled. I believe it is time to go to the concert.”****The parking lot was jammed packed when we. Some careless colonist would probably introduce them by accident at some point, but we might go a few precious years without having to wear insect repellent.”“Even Hades has insects,” she replied, “and that planet barely has any life.”“A man can dream,” he said as he checked the clasp on his harness.They felt the rumble of the engines beneath their feet as they spun up, the dropship preparing to lift off, the troop bay door closing and sealing with a hermetic hiss. There was a mechanical clunk. "Let me check if there are any crowds outside," Carla said, getting ready to head out."Everyone, RELAX. It's not that major," Alex told them all, staring at each of them, letting them know he wasn't fooling around. "No one knows I'm associated with this, hopefully it was a fair report. I'll deal with it after it's done, but I'm not going to spoil my dinner worrying about something that I have no control over." Yeah, right, when was the last time you saw a fair and impartial report about. ”“Of course. Crawfish boil, remember?” Nothing draws Cajuns together faster in the spring than boiled crawfish.And now, to the campus book-store: I need ten Auburn T-shirts: six in women’s large, four in men’s extra-large. And a text to Tina specifying the uniform for tomorrow. Of COURSE, large. Look, you’re not allowed to wear these unless they’re sloppy. Get a grip, here.OK, next day. Early morning, and we’re off for Cleveland, Mississippi. Seems like they could’ve picked a better name, but.