Will snapped a photo of the gravestone before lowering his camera to his chest. The name was all that remained of poor Thomas and his daughter, gone so long, any direct memories of them lost for nearly two centuries.
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Those migrating aboard the Memoria and its sister ships would have to be taken in secrecy. The relative security of being aboard was traded for the sacrifice of family, the sacrifice of saying goodbye.
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'Yeah, it sucks. After lying for so long, she has everyone else believing them,' Rob said. 'The saving grace? Everything lie she tells about me is twice as true about herself.'
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I had no idea that a baby could cry so hard for so long. My child or not, at this moment he was my responsibility. My commitment. And I was going to come through for him.
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'My daughter’s already checking out the kilted Scotsmen, so I’m thinking she’s doing just fine,' he said. 'And her mother has apparently developed a taste for Swedish meatballs, but with a Norwegian twist.'
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“Figures it’d be your section contaminated by an invasive,”
McCormick said, his tone snide. “Forget to wash again? What is
it, fungus?”
Loren swallowed, trying to ignore an obvious taunt.
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I saw your Facebook messages today. The ones between you and
another man, who happens to have the same first name as me. The messages look like you’re involved with him.
She says nothing.
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Caught in a memory, he pulled her pillow from its place next to the headboard. Wrapping his arms around, Will rocked gently from side to side, squeezing that pillow tightly against his skin.
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Their entire journey, from selection to launch, from solar transit to today, had been nothing more than a desperate gamble. A gamble with the survival of humanity at stake.
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It’s appointment day. You park the car in a back lot, shaded by trees and in a quiet neighborhood, and walk together but apart to the therapist’s office.
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She gave close examination to the vouchers I had placed on my items, looked up at the cashier, and summarily turned off the cashier’s “Lane open” light.
This didn't bode well.
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