Beginnings: Worlds of Honor 6 by David Weber

Author:David Weber
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781451639032
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2013-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

THE BEST

LAID PLANS

David Weber

THE BEST LAID PLANS

“I don’t really mind your going as far as the dam by yourself if it’s all right with your mother, you pack a lunch, and you remember not to be late for dinner.”

“Of course it’s all right with Mom. I talked with her after breakfast, before she left for the office, and she said it sounded like a good idea to her. I wouldn’t have asked you if she hadn’t.”

“Oh?” Her father cocked his head at her from the com screen a moment later, after the inevitable transmission delay. She could see the bulkead of his office aboard the space station Hephaestus behind him in the display, and his expression was just the tiniest bit skeptical “I seem to remember a few occasions when you neglected to make sure of that minor fact.”

She concentrated on looking simultaneously as innocent as the new fallen snow and moderately martyred. He continued to gaze at her for several moments, then snorted.

“All right, Honor. Go! Have fun. And be careful!”

“Yes, Sir,” she said obediently and waited for the display to clear. Then she shook her head. “And yada yada yada,” she added under her breath, rolling her eyes. “I’m not exactly an infant anymore, Dad.”

Fortunately, the link had already been closed. And even more fortunately, from Honor’s perspective, her father hadn’t specifically asked her if she’d asked her mother for permission. She could say with scrupulous honesty, as she just had, that she had discussed the possibility of the expedition with her mother over breakfast, and that her mother had expressed no opposition to the notion. Indeed, her female parental unit had been cheerfully in favor of it. Of course, Honor hadn’t quite gotten around to informing her mother that she was thinking about making that trip today, but that didn’t change the fact that Mom had clearly been agreeable to the notion in a general sort of way. And it wasn’t her fault her mother was going to be tied up with patients straight through to lunch. Or that there were strict rules about not breaking into consult time or interfering with examinations, except in cases of emergency. And since no one could argue that this came under the heading “emergency,” it was obvious she couldn’t possibly justify screening her mother directly over something this minor.

Honor was aware that a true stickler might argue that she’d been guilty of misleading both of her parents to at least a tiny extent, but she had cleared it, and with just a little more luck, Dad would forget to ask Mom if she had authorized the trip for today.

Yeah, sure! And when was the last time you had that much luck? she asked herself sardonically. Actually, the odds were pretty good she’d find herself grounded for at least a week, but that would be a fair exchange. If her timing was right, the huge banks of purple mountain tulip above the dam should have come into full blossom during the last three or four days.

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