Chapter 23
’ 39; in which I gain a human ‘Wife’
Ada was a natural! I stood slightly below and in front of her ready to restrain anyone who was tempted to rush the Shuttle doors and she placed her arm on my shoulder and smiling regally she said in a slightly higher voice, “My husband and I….”
The crowd erupted with loud laughter that drained the tension from the situation that could have turned disastrous for the colonists. A few ribald comments also were shouted as they settled down and to this day I still do not know where the humans get that stuff from!
She pointed at four burly men, “You, you and you two. Yes you, Harry! Get up into the Shuttle and tell the remaining Crew and their families that they have an hour to gather their possessions and get out there! If you need to, tell t
