Coffee Cup Dreams (A Redpoint One Romance) by Marlow J.A

Author:Marlow, J.A.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action adventure, pirates, robots, psychic, science fiction romance, attraction, starting over, scifi romance, psi, forbidden romance, spacestation, mental gifts
Publisher: Star Catcher Publishing

CHAPTER TWELVE

ARTHUR STRETCHED, TRYING to work a kink out of his left shoulder. Holding two modules in place at the same time while the bots worked at all the attachments had taken its toll. A scratch along the same arm would need to be tended to when he had a free moment.

Then came the problem of Ricardo. He'd guessed when the man arrived that he wouldn't work out, but went ahead with an apprenticeship. After all, now many times had he been wrong when it came to whom the Station would accept?

But, not only was his guess correct, but so had been his thought that the man would not go quietly. Another correct instinct. Ricardo swore he would take up the dismissal with Director Stemski himself.

Let him. Director Stemski would back Arthur, not someone who couldn't be trusted to listen to the bots when they started sounding alarms.

Now for the last part of the job before getting a bit of sleep himself. Damien assured him Tish went to the medical bay as requested, and came out with a clean bill of health to return to work after a night of rest, but Arthur wanted to see her for himself to be sure.

To be sure of her recovery, he told himself. To be sure she still wanted to stay. But another side mocked him, telling him that the real reason was that he only wanted to see if she still had her hair down.

His black and white bot twittered as it ran down the hall in front of him to the regular technician apartments. Past the walls needing a good cleaning and overhead lighting covers needing replacements. A bit of repainting might not be a bad idea, either. Another thing to do. Upgrade the accommodations.

Once they caught up on the regular maintenance they would have a bit of time to work on the infrastructure around the maintenance platform. Having larger living quarters might be an additional draw to hire new technicians.

If they ever got caught up with the regular maintenance. Keeping up on a station as large as Redpoint One would always be a challenge, but lately it seemed repair emergencies were occurring at an ever-increasing rate.

There had to be a reason for it.

He stopped in front of apartment number 26. His bot, realizing Arthur was no longer behind him, spun a few times in a circle before coming back to him. He pressed the door chime.

No one answered, so he pressed again. By the third time he began to worry.

"Maybe the doctor was wrong?" He asked the bot. The bot whistled back to him, confused.

A fourth chime and he was past worried. He used his master key to open his way into the apartment.

Arthur stared inside the apartment in shock. The inside was dark with not a single light on. No sign of any luggage or an attempt to start unpacking. A quick scout through the department confirmed his worst fears.

The apartment was empty and pristine. No one had moved in.

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