Retribution by Dave Lemel

Author:Dave Lemel
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781720858577
Published: 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Simon slowly stirred an enormous pot. He spooned a bit of the thick, lumpy olive green soup out and dumped it into a small cup on the counter beside the stove. Li slid an oven mitt onto his hand and tapped Simon on the arm as he approached the wall oven to the side of him. “Stay by your stove. My bread is coming out.”

Simon collected his little cup and scooched back over in front of the stove. He grabbed a spoon and tasted the soup from the cup as Li opened the oven door. “Oh, man.” Simon swallowed and placed the cup back on the counter as he moved closer to the first loaf of bread Li had placed on the same counter. “That looks,” he inhaled deeply through his nose, “and smells heavenly.”

“Just wait until you taste it,” Li replied with a wink.

Sasha appeared at the top of the stairwell near the center of the room. “Now that is a familiar smell. Did my parents stow away in here when we left Mars?”

“It’s Li,” replied Simon. “Dude can bake.” Simon stirred the pot one more time before placing the big spoon down on a towel next to the pot. He turned and walked toward Sasha. “You hear from him yet? Jasper?”

Sasha shook her head. “No. Nothing yet.”

Simon’s face dropped. “We should’ve by now. Something’s wrong.”

“I’m sure they’re fine, hun. Communication with all the groups on Earth has been hell. Hopefully soon. On a positive note, though, Foggen finally has the hol-call aboard the briefing ship working again. We can see Penny after this. I already sent a message to my mom to have her ready and waiting for our call.”

Simon’s face lit up before falling flat once again. “I miss her so much. That little face.”

Sasha leaned in and embraced him. “Me too. Those cheeks.”

“How you feeling?” Simon rubbed Sasha’s belly. “Little Simona giving you any trouble in there?”

“Oh, gross.” Sasha’s face contorted. “Simona? Seriously, do not ever say that again. Awful. Just awful.” Sasha ended the embrace. “Good, though. Really good, actually. Second time definitely going easier than the first. Course, I’m pretty well distracted with everything else going on.”

“Still checking in with the doc every day?”

“Yeah, she’s been monitoring me and the little passenger. She’s not happy I chose to go along for this but says everything is looking really good.”

“What’s lookin’ good?” asked Todd as he emerged from the stairwell with Ben and Jack in tow.

“Preggers,” replied Simon. “Doc says everything going smooth so far.”

“That’s right.” Todd looked Sasha up and down. “Everything else goin’ on, I forgot you’re pregnant to boot.”

Sasha snickered. “Yeah, well, I’m sure I’ll start showing any day now as a constant reminder. Supposedly it happens sooner with number two.”

Lombargnor appeared at the top of the stairwell accompanied by Foggen. “Ah, very good. I see everyone is here already, so we may begin without delay.” Lombargnor remained near the top of the stairwell as everyone gathered around him. “The first order of business to discuss is the assault on the defense net currently in place around Earth.

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