Raia lifted her hand and rubbed her cheek. It didn’t matter how many times she wiped the tears away, they just kept falling. Frustrated, she pulled her portable communicator out of her pocket. She muttered an apology when she bumped into someone in her distraction. Biting her lip, she lifted the device before she cursed and shoved it back into her pocket.
“What am I going to say? Hey, Evetta. Do you or Hanine have a device that can fix a broken heart? No? Can you make one?” she mumbled. “If I did that, I’d have all four of them coming here and endangering themselves. I don’t know what’s worse, the idea of putting them in harm's way or leaving Bennie home alone while they do!”
She sniffed loudly and headed for the lifts. If she left now, she could be on Ceran-Pax by the end of the week. S
