“Here"s the ship I can loan you,” she"d told him, showing him the two-person sport yacht she"d bought right before she"d become pregnant with Sammy. She"d used it half a dozen times since, and had been meaning to sell it for years, but somehow hadn"t gotten around to it.
His eyes went wide as he"d gazed upon it. “But that"s a Quasar.”
One of the most expensive brands, built for speed and able to outrun any Imperial patrol no matter what its load.
She"d held up her hand to stop any protest. If he weren"t so ugly, she"d have demanded s*x from him in payment, and considered it anyway in spite of his repulsive physiognomy. Mating practices on outlying colonies where men predominated had given women substantial bargaining power. It"s been too long since I"ve had a man, Claudia thought. “Just
