“I’d like that,” Michael said. “We can get the family over as well. I have some serious apologizing to do, not just to my mom and dad but to yours too.”
“You don’t need to apologize for anything.”
“We’ll see, but there is one tiny problem. You said Jagnesh?”
“Yup. No extradition treaty with the Federated Worlds and great beaches.”
“Isn’t it the most expensive system in humanspace?”
“Not quite, but it’s in the top hundred for sure. But so what? Who cares?”
“Money, Anna. We don’t have any. I spent all mine chartering that freighter I trashed, and the last time I checked, an NRA colonel’s pay is peanuts.”
“All true, my love,” Anna said with a smile, “which is why General Vaas asked me to give you this.” She whipped out a card and waved it at him.
Michael stared at Anna in disbelief. “Vaas gave you a cash card?”
“He sure did: a million FedMarks, to be precise. Reimbursement for expenses incurred, he said. He’ll be in touch when things settle down. Now, our lift won’t wait forever. Are you coming or not?”
“Try and stop me,” Michael said, the urge to leave all the pain and suffering behind almost overpowering.
They picked up their packs and walked across the plaza in front of the station to where a massive truckbot waited, its Hammer markings obscured by crude slashes of black paint.
Five minutes later, the bot set off. Michael was utterly content to lie with Anna beside him and stare up at the sky.
Not once did he look back.
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