Kris Longknife's Maid Goes On Strike: Life On Alwa Station by Mike Shepherd

Author:Mike Shepherd [Shepherd, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: KL&MM Books
Published: 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Abby had the cabby drop her back at Government House. No surprise, the people who had been there when she left were still there when she got back. She quickly filled them in on the why and wherefore of Rita’s little power play.

Ada frowned. “Why am I just now hearing about some honchos from Wardhaven trying to take back our fabrication plants?”

“I’m sorry,” Abby said, speaking for her boss. “They got in and Kris Longknife had them packed off to the Wasp’s brig in just under an hour. I guess no one wanted to admit we’d dodged a bullet.”

“So how come Granny Rita knew all about it?” Kuno asked.

Abby shrugged. “I have no idea how she gets her information. Do you?”

The Colonial winced.

Ada took over the conversation. “I don’t care why or what, there is no way I want to have Rita sitting on all our eggs.”

“I agree,” Abby said, but noted that Ada hadn’t said anything about it not being a good idea for any one particular person sitting on all the eggs.”

Indeed, the four Colonials were exchanging glances like a couple of teenagers who’d just come up with the idea of throwing a multi-gender pajama party . . . with no pajamas in sight . . . and couldn’t wait for the adult supervision to go away.

“Well, if you’ll excuse me, I need to be getting back,” Abby said, standing.

“The shuttle’s not leaving until morning,” Ada pointed out. “You can stay at my place.”

“I’d rather bunk down with the shuttle crew so I don’t miss them. Who knows, they might launch a bit early and I might be a bit late, what with you serving me one of those wonderful Colonial breakfasts.”

“You’re really missing out on a treat,” sure sounded like a bribe being offered.

Abby shook her head. Lago was told to get her to the shuttle hanger. Fifteen minutes later, Abby was back at the port. She waited until Lago was out of sight before rousting out the duty shuttle crew and ordering the ready longboat for an immediate launch.

“You know, the folks around here get mighty pissed when we do a launch this late at night.”

“If you don’t launch when I say so, there’s gonna be some people in orbit that are gonna be mightily pissed. Who do you want mad at you?”

They launched thirty minutes later.

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