CHAPTER 52978 Olinda
Sonya owns the duplex built into the hillside. She’s smart and owns a number of properties around Olinda. I help out around here and pay my rent, but she’s more than my landlady. She’s family. We look out for each other and have known each other for a long time. She’s gotten older. I haven’t, thanks to the modifications from the Moreau Pod. But in all those years, she’s never asked me to use the pod to make any modifications to her.
I respect that.
She came out of the house as the flitter landed, shielding her eyes from the sun, the wind blowing her gray and brown ringlets around her face. She had a kind face, cute even, weathered by sun and age. A sprinkle of freckles across her nose and cheeks made her look younger somehow.
Everyone got out of the flitter and I p
