It was not long until she found out about all the excitement. Women seem to sense something and they looked at me more and more. Lillian was the only ...one that seemed to only be interested in me as a person.Mom and Pop helped Dad home or possibly they helped each other. The gang and June made sure Lillian and Bert got upstairs safely. We went back to Gail's home. She wanted sex and was taking her clothes off. The guys and I helped her strip and put to bed. She hugged the boys and kissed them. “You know,” I said. “I think we can tie in Kipling-”“Chad,” Kara interrupted, lightly touching my hand. “We’re on break.”“Okay, sorry.”The conversation lulled. “You know, I really liked your story from class,” she said breaking the silence.“Thanks. I liked yours, too.” I said.She’d written an angsty story about a couple of twenty-year-olds from a small town who break into their old high school at night to get drunk. As the night goes on, they discover that each suffered abuse at the school –. “Yes, yes. I’m in a bit of a hurry to make a conference at three this afternoon, so as long as you get me there, we have a deal.” “Yes, sir.” The cabby nodded and rushed them out of the parking zone. There was a dead silence between driver and passenger. In usual circumstances, the cabby would either hear nothing but the sounds of his heartbeat for the entire ride, or the passenger would begin to start light conversation. Ishmael’s deep brown eyes casually made their way to look at Reuben’s. ”“Kind of the same with us and medical aid,” Flinn nodded. “The people of this Realm are seriously demoralised.”“Yeah, we noticed,” Regot agreed. “The Empire turning up has helped though.”“Yep and we aren’t asking them to fight for us either,” I added.“No, though I’m told we have a few volunteers,” Torun replied.“Really?”“Yep, apparently they want revenge. The techs and AIs are trying to get their shipyard set up to finish off a cruiser they were building and get it manned by them.”“Well, good.