The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett

Author:Anne Corlett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2017-05-30T16:14:36+00:00

CHAPTER

16

The day wound tighter and tighter around Jamie. Buckley wasn’t available. His deputy was sorry, but surely Jamie understood how busy things were. Maybe if she came back later? The resettlement committee was sympathetic, but it was out of their hands. The head of security was not at all sympathetic, and he most certainly did not want her to come back later.

Around lunchtime, she went in search of Lowry but could only find Mila and Finn, sitting together in the far corner of the communal dining hall. As she walked toward them, a couple of young security officers stopped beside their table. One of them said something to Mila, running his hand down her arm in a quick, suggestive touch. The girl flushed and looked down.

“Is there a problem?” Jamie said, stepping up beside them.

The security officer’s gaze flickered to her ID mark, his expression re-forming into polite neutrality.

“No problem, ma’am. Excuse us.”

“What was that about?” Jamie asked Mila, as the men walked away.

“Nothing.” Mila’s expression was closed, and Jamie let it go.

No, Mila hadn’t seen the others since they’d been turned back from the ship. They hadn’t even been allowed to unload their things. Could Jamie maybe speak to someone?

“You may not need to unload anything,” Jamie said. “If I can just speak to Buckley, we may be able to sort something out.”

Mila shot her a dubious look. Jamie couldn’t blame her.

“Just my bags,” the girl said. “That’s all I need.”

“When are we going to Earth?” Finn said.

“He keeps asking that,” Mila said. “I don’t know what to tell him.”

“I’ll sort it out,” Jamie said again.

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