The Bond That Ties Us
“The lines of code stood silent before her, refusing to present their secrets. “Computer, time please.” Her voice sounded thick, the words barely making it out of her mouth. “The time is twenty-hundred hours, twelve minutes.” The computer sounded more like a woman speaking to her lover than a machine of wires and circuits. This wasn’t going anywhere. Several hours earlier, Sara had arrived for their lunch date and immediately left when Haylie looked up at her. She’d commented before that when Ha...ylie fixated on a problem, there was no point trying to talk to her. Apparently, the look on Haylie’s face spoke volumes. Other than that, she’d stopped only once to meet her security crew. The meeting had been brief but informative. The complement of twenty-five officers were exhausted, under-trained and overwhelmed. She had a lot of work cut out for her. She’d promised them she would request additional personnel from Earth. God, even if she recruited some of the miners from the outlying colonies to help it would be something.MoreLess
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