One date to any restaurant of your choice, tomorrow night, the 26th of December.” This year, I’ve added one more line, “May the night fill you with new memories, new hopes, and start a brighter future.”
Mom is in tears as she hugs me, telling me she can’t wait. xnx How easily she can risk human life. While she’s in there, I send a reply email to the twins, thanking them for my present, and telling them I can’t wait to see them again. . . They’re using their other hatches, expelling air at precise moments, to control the ship. The council is mostly male, and they are stuck in their ways.”
She lifts her body higher, and I feel her small mouth reach for mine.
