Chapter 18:AD 2100 Inner Belt – Virgil
The added weight of one gravity affected Lea more than she thought it would. Without the advantages of meds, she woke up sore from the added stress of sleeping on the hard mattress. Perhaps it wasn’t the acceleration but the large quantity of alcohol she drank the previous night that made her feel like s**t. There was a high chance she hadn’t moved since she passed out. A worse thought crept into her mind. What if it was only her advancing years that made it harder to reach the velocity needed to escape her bed—perish the thought.
She waited at least until the headache subsided, then her impatience could wait no longer. Coffee and painkillers called her name. Lea set off from her quarters to find Doctor Abe. She needed to discover why she was on thi
