CHAPTER 233

  Dean ate the last bite of his dessert and drink the water of glass Eunice have handed him.

  Their eyes are on the television news, listening attentively to the news anchor. He closed the windows and locked the door, turned up the volume and picked up his notes.

  “So, you are working for this Space Administration now?” he confirmed.

  The woman nodded. It took her half of the day to tell him about it, and, of course, with so much cautiousness. After doing so, they ended up streaming the news online.

  “Look, Eunice, you don’t have to go to that mission. Don’t insist on helping them out. I have a bad feeling about it.” He glanced at her.

  “I am not helping them in any way. I am just giving them a daily nightmare.”

  He looked at her seriously, and there she has felt again the same fear she feels whenever Captain Eulysis would throw her a warning look.

  “Cross my heart. I am not even one of the selected ones that will be sent for that mission,” she defended her claim.