“Yes you can. I didn’t just travel halfway across the cosmos and back to see you getting hurt again.” He stood before Jack, glaring fiercely. “For the gods’ sake — take her and go, before anything else happens.”
Jack growled in mock seriousness. “Are you giving me an order, Captain Finn?”
Tom’s eyes flashed. He looked genuinely angry. “Yes. The war’s over. You have to listen to me now.”
Jack seemed oblivious. He grinned and enveloped Tom in a bear hug. “Of course. But you will come back when you are done here, won’t you?”
“Yes, come back,” Katy echoed. “Litchfield wouldn’t be the same without you, Tom. Who’ll be my dancing partner at the next Hunt Club ball?”
Tom stared at the hole in the ceiling thoughtfully. “Maybe. We’ll see.”
Jane spoke to Jack. “Can you leave me the stretcher? W
