Chapter Twenty-Two
Before she left, she beckoned Rex to their room. After they both went in, she shut the door and faced him.
He had grown so much and not just by extending his harness. His face had lost the childish look. The stray hairs on his chin would soon need to be cut. Her baby son was a man.
“I know I’m asking a lot of you,” she said.
“No, you’re keeping me out of a lot of things. You could ask more.”
“You, Thor and Jens are my rescue team. If something goes wrong, you’ll need to try to get me out. That is a big responsibility. I want you to take that very seriously. It’s not nothing I’m asking you to do.”
He nodded, his young face serious.
“If something happens, I want you to help Jens and Thor, and listen carefully to what they say. They know the station better than you.”
