{"id":194,"date":"2009-05-05T10:46:35","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T14:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2009-05-05T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T14:46:35","slug":"vong-war-annals-prodigal-majors-part-3-552009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Vong War Annals – “Prodigal Majors (part 3)” 5.5.2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019d kept him waiting, and for that she was going to have to apologize.\u00a0 Or was she?\u00a0 By all rights, he was a dead man.\u00a0 If he was who he said he was.\u00a0 She\u2019d have to have Tag check on that, but when she\u2019d left her meeting with Janet, Tag had still been in with Les and that was one conversation she had no intention of disturbing.\u00a0 Indy rubbed her face.\u00a0 Had she apologized for keeping Al waiting?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 He\u2019d reappeared in her cousin\u2019s house<\/em>.\u00a0 There hadn\u2019t been<\/em> any waiting.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good rule of thumb, if you want my immediate attention\u2026reappear in my house.<\/em>\u00a0 She blew out a breath through her teeth and looked at Nylan.\u00a0 \u201cThis isn\u2019t some sort of trick, is it?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s not a blank spot in the Force, if that\u2019s what you\u2019re asking,\u201d Nylan responded dryly.\u00a0 \u201cYou ready?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indy glanced down at the datapad in her hand and then nodded.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m ready.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nylan opened the door.\u00a0 Sitting at the long table was someone Indy could certainly believe was Howdern Harm, even though it\u2019d been more than a decade since she\u2019d seen the man last\u2014nearer to half again that amount of time.\u00a0 Of course, since the man had been reported dead\u2026
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She shook her head slightly and took a seat across the table from him.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m sorry I kept you waiting.\u00a0 I was getting some ducks in a row.\u201d\u00a0 She managed a wry smile.\u00a0 \u201cAm I to assume that you got our message about bringing the family back together from beyond the grave?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She didn\u2019t wait for an answer, setting the datapad down in front of her.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve got a lot of explaining to do, Major.\u00a0 A lot <\/em>of explaining to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

~ Erin<\/p>\n

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