Chapter 17
Looking in the mirror the next morning, I could see that the bruising on my face was almost gone, but it was still noticeable. That would have to do.
I winced at the memory. I still couldn’t believe it. Things like that only happened to other people. You heard about it and shook your head and made a comment about how terrible it was. People never think anything bad will happen to them. Until it does.
I pushed those thoughts from my mind and looked ahead to my day. I’d already decided I was getting out of the apartment. I couldn’t stand the thought of staying indoors again by myself today.
I had to chuckle at that. On a space station, everything was indoors. Getting out of the apartment and walking down to the shopping district was as close as I could get to going outside. Th
