Memoir of a Martian by David Parker-Ross

Author:David Parker-Ross [David Parker-Ross]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tairis Anders Media, LLC
Published: 2024-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter fourteen

Mars

As soon as I heard that I could see Mars with the naked eye, I went up to the observation dome at the top of the Spirit of Freedom before anyone else was awake. Well, apart from the night crew. Each day it grew larger and larger, and the warm feeling filled me as I could start to make out the lights of the cities. I couldn’t make out new Brooklyn yet, as it was too small, but I knew exactly where to look for it. Each day I continued to try until, with great excitement, I saw the faint dim light of where I grew up. It wasn’t the greatest town on Mars. It was just an average little community, but I called it home.

However, as the day approached when we would go into orbit, I grew uneasy as to what I would find down there. In case you’re wondering what else I did during this voyage, I carried on working for Charlotte, mostly running psych profiles for all the suspects, nothing really exciting.

Then the call came for everyone going down to the planet to meet at the shuttle. As I approached the docking area where we were all to meet to take the shuttle down to Mars, I heard voices in the room ahead of me. I’m not particularly nosy, well, apart from when I need to be professionally, but I couldn’t help but stop and listen on this occasion.

“Look, Phelks, we’ve been through this.” The strong Australian accent clearly belonged to Captain Stacey Grant. She’d temporarily been relieved of her duties as a frigate captain because she was now eight and a half months pregnant. Admiral Plural had had her transferred to the Spirit of Freedom, where we had the best medical facilities. “I don’t know who the dad is, and honestly, I fucking don’t care. This is my kid, and I don’t want anyone else to be part of it! You understand me?”

“You know it doesn’t work like that, Stacey,” came back the stilted British voice of Michael. “Not only do I have a right to be part of my child’s life, but it also has a right to have a father.”

“You just called my child ‘it.’” Stacey snapped back. “For fuck’s sake, Phelks, that really fills me with confidence.”

“You know full well I only said that because I don’t know the gender of the child.”

“I have repeatedly heard you admit what a bad father you are. You’re not even in contact with your daughter. She wants nothing to do with you.”

“I will openly admit my relationship with Kayleigh is somewhat strained. However, you simplify it way too much.” He responded sheepishly.

“Well, let me simplify it even more for you, Phelks – you can fuck off. I really don’t want a lying, cheating cunt to be an influence on my child, and whether it’s yours or Cartwright’s doesn’t matter. I don’t give a dingo’s piss.”

“We will see about that, Stacey,” Michael said curtly.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever, go fuck yourself!” This last line from Stacey was coming closer to the door, and she walked out.

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