Chapter 8

Chapter 8

“Ken…”

“Don’t start,” he cut her off impatiently.

“Don’t worry. I won’t interfere with your relationship with Viola anymore. I hope you both have a happy life together.”

After all, she thought, in two days, I’ll be gone. We’ll never see each other again.

The next morning, Calista cleared out her room. She gathered all of Ken’s love letters and gifts–every precious memento she’d cherished–and thrown them to the nearby dump, despite her weakened state.

When she returned, Uncle Johnson called her to his study.“Calista, what happenned? I heard you fell into the pool?”

She knew Uncle Johnson was fair–minded. If she told him the truth, he would investigate thoroughly. But she was exhausted–too tired to fight anymore.“It was nothing. just slipped.”

He frowned. “That’s dangerous. Stay away from the pool from now on.”

obediently as he pulled out a

will pick you up

you, Uncle Johnson.”

everything? The base is in an arid region–it might take some

just then, catching the last words. “Packed?

Calista

place,” she said quietly. “Moving out.”

“Yes, Calista wants her own

“She’s fine here. Why move?”

Johnson gave him a long look and shook his head. “You’re getting

children too. She’ll need her own home.”

marrying and

mind.

knocked the list off the desk.

A roster for the satellite

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