As the conference ended Clay sat back and shook his head. Technically he hadn’t been invited, and he hadn’t been visible to the others, but Jess and the Wanderer had put everything on a screen for him.
He glanced to the other sofa, where Jess and Ali were sitting without moving. It was slightly eerie, knowing their minds were somewhere else. Then Jess moved, blinking a couple of times before pulling a sour face.
“That was pretty underhanded,” said Clay. “There were other ways the Admiral could have tried to convince you without bringing children into it.”
Jess shrugged. “He made us think about it, but he didn’t make us say yes. We did that after talking through what he’d said. In this case he’s right.”
“He’ll always be right!” snapped Ali. “There’ll always be something else you
