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Click hereI will put Doctor Finch's home and hospital extension number in the letter so you can talk to him directly. You don't have to bring any medical books with you. The computer has a full medical library for both doctors and nurses. We appreciate you coming along at such short notice."
"The next time you send a spaceship up Mister Valentino, I'll try to be younger."
"The next one leaves in 8 to 10 years, and it's going to be huge."
"I'm not going to be younger in 10 years."
"Neither am I Hannah, I'll see you December 25."
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"Dad, I think it's time for you to make the decision on Monty. We have seven weeks left, and if you don't say yes, I'm going to petition the board again to see if I can change some votes. I want her with me dad. Next to Zoey, she will be in the most important woman in that spacecraft with me."
"I told Monty of my decision shortly after you guys got back from vacation."
"Knowing how important that decision was to me, you didn't pass it along."
"I didn't believe it was any of your business. I told Monty, and if she wanted you to know, I thought she would tell you."
"She hasn't told me, and you haven't told me. I want to know the results of my petition."
"The results of your petition was 11 to 9."
"You voted for her to go with us."
"Yes I did."
"You knew this for three weeks, and you didn't tell me."
"I believe we just covered that territory."
"I will use the honor system today. I may even break moms record of $180. I'm going to run to work, because I have certain words that I want to say about two people that I don't particularly think they want to hear."
"Enjoy your run, son."
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Gordon opened the front door, wearing sneakers shorts and a T-shirt, and wearing his backpack.
Monty said, "I didn't know we were running to work today."
"I don't want you to run with me. Let someone else do it, because I am pissed at you. I think it would be a good idea if you stayed away from me today."
Monty grabbed him by the backpack and hauled him back into the house.
"Good morning Doctor Luck, Gordon is either going to be late to work today, or he may not be in at all. It seems we have some issues to work out, and there is no time like the present to do it."
"Enjoy yourself Monty, remember it takes 6 to 8 weeks for broken bones to heal, and we leave in seven weeks."
"In that case, let's hope he heals quickly. When you get to work Doctor, would you have Liz, Barbara, and Cathy returned here please."
"Are you going to play a rubber of bridge while he's in the ice bath?"
"I wouldn't do that while I'm at work Doctor. After I take them apart, and he blames it on my size, I'm going to let three smaller women take him apart, piece by piece. He thinks he's ready for the big time, and I'm going to prove to him he's not."
"I never said anything of the sort. I said I was pissed at you, and I am. You never told me my dad said you could come along with us. I worked my tail off to get you that approval, and you didn't have the courtesy to tell me you got it. That's all this morning was about. I'm angry at you. You are my best friend, and you didn't tell me."
"Is that what this is all about? I thought your father told you. Now I'm going to have to teach you a lesson, because you acted like a child. Go downstairs and warm-up, I am really angry at you now."
"Oh good, now we have something in common."
"Watch your mouth boy, or you won't be able to talk for a month."
"Good, this way I won't beat my mother's record."
I said, "Gordon do you want to be able to say I do at the wedding? If you do, I would advise you to shut up. I'll leave for work now Monty, and send those three women here as soon as possible. Try not to scramble his brains. We need that part, but Zoey needs another part of him in working order."
"We will keep that in mind Doctor Luck."
"Didn't I tell you to go downstairs and warm-up?"
"I'm thinking about it."
"Gordon Oliver Star Luck, what did you just say to Monty?"
"Good morning mom. I told Monty I was going downstairs to warm up."
"That's exactly what I thought I heard you say. What are you doing standing there?"
"I was going to kiss you good morning, before I die."
"Whatever happened before I walked down that hallway, I'm sure your death was earned many times over."
"I can't catch a break this morning."
"I have a feeling you may find many breaks this morning. The hospital is only eight minutes away, unless of course Monty takes the scenic route."
After kissing his mother good morning, Gordon said to everyone, "I started out this day with the intentions of getting my best friend onboard the spacecraft. As the proverb reminds us, "No good deed goes unpunished."
Note: There is no word yet as to when I am going back to Houston for my cancer treatments. The cardiologists made an error. After reading, and rereading the results of my scans, they informed me that I have damage to my heart wall. They want me to have a cardiac catheterization done here, close to home, and have the results sent to them. Since I have never had a cardiac condition, I do not have a regular cardiologist. They said they would take care of everything. I am awaiting a phone call.
In the meantime, I am writing like crazy to get as much in as possible. I was going to try to end this story in Chapter 29, but it doesn't look good. It will probably run over the Chapter 30, and then if I have to go to Temple Texas myself, I'm going to launch that thing bodily.
My mind is going in 17 different directions at one time over this mess, and if it is affecting my writing style, I apologize. I'm doing the best I can, considering my situation. I hope you enjoy chapter 28, and as soon as I turn it into Literotica, I will start on Chapter 29. Bob/P_D10
- COMMENTS
myassisdraginalmost 9 years agoBob, I have loved this story and all of the others right from the start. You are one of the best authors here. I hope and pray that your Doctors can get you healthy so you can finish this story and also get the second ship into space.
I sort of know what you are going through as I had a heart attack just over a year ago, I was told that it was Milimeters away from being fatal. I have worked very hard and made some changes in my lifestyle and have fully recovered. Proof it can be done.
I wish you the best of care and a speedy and full recovery.
Myassisdragin.
Anonymousalmost 9 years agoam wishing you the Best of Luck will wait for you. I know you will write when you are able. Take care and get well you have a lot of friends out here pulling for you even though we have never met...B5A4
Anonymousalmost 9 years agoin Honor thy father and mother, about chapter 27 you said you would be working on a novel which I believe was to be about the st louis mob that sent the people after patty and what Lucius did to them. Did anyting come of that, if so I would like to get the book. thanks John
tomscardsalmost 9 years agoThey need to make a 7 or 8 star available for things like this. Well done again.
kobbiealmost 9 years agoGood luck... I hope everything works out well for you... I love this tale and hope you have the chance to complete it and not feel like you have to hurry. I'll keep you in my thoughts.
Kobbie.
PaxITalmost 9 years agoWell, you can't expect me not to use your words against you now, can you?
Your health is of course the imperative thing here, and everything else is secondary, including this marvelous story.
What I find disconcerting is one of your comments where you say you will wrap this story up in another chapter or two. I think you may have done the same mistake as initially when you said this will only be a few chapters.
Your story now is on the verge of the launch, and if you intend to wrap the story up then, you are sorely mistaken. We want to know what they encounter out there, if Even's sister is out there, and much more. We also want to see the building of the second ship, and how things play out.
This is the downside of creating a very entertaining story line, your readers will refuse to let it go. The story here is stronger and better than I believe you see yourself, and to stop at the launch would be like lighting the fuse of a firework rocket and extinguish it just as it is about to lift off. You take away the entire firework display so to speak, you give us the foreplay but leave us hanging without the main event and our release.
That is the upside of having such a strong story. Speaking for myself I would not care if there weren't a single sex scene in the entire story. Sex scenes in a long story like this tends to become repetitive, and even if you try to vary them admirably it still distracts the story itself. For my part I find myself skipping quickly through the sex scenes because I am so anxious to see what happens next. Sometimes I have to go back, because you have some dialogue in there that is important for the story, so to me it becomes a bit of an annoyance in a story so good and so strong as this one is.
And although I know this has been covered before by others, the chapter with the incest scenes on the plane was totally meaningless to me in this story, and as far as I understand it ties into another story of yours. To tie stories together is not a bad thing in general, and I even started to read that story because of that. However - I quickly discovered that the other story is in a completely different category of stories here, and not one that I enjoy reading. So, tie stories together if you must, but bear in mind that they should be in the same category and appeal to the same audience if you do.
You are not alone in going through this transformation with regards to sex scenes though, the same transformation happened to another writer I enjoy reading a lot, and that is Mike Cropo, and his 'A Spartan's war chronicles' - I think he started out not understanding how far his story would take him, and now he is at the end of his fifth very long book, and there will be at least seven books in all, maybe more. I won't give you a link to his books, because I want you to keep writing your story and not read anything else ;) hehe.
And finally, a little tidbit for you, I'm from Scandinavia, and here the name Even is quite common. I would guess that in this story Even as a name is pronounced differently than even as a word. Probably with a short 'e' sound...
Again thank you for a wonderful story, take care of your health and get back to writing one of the best stories here.
shadowkt17almost 9 years agoBest of luck (no pun intended) to you on your health issues. I have health issues of my own that - while nothing like yours - greatly affect my life. Your story has many similar moral lessons in it about forgetting what we DO have and making the most of it. With you sharing this story, your imagination and your thoughts with all of us.. Yup.. I think you are making the most of it!! :D
strikemaster2000about 9 years agoCan't remember how I found this story, but I've been enjoying it. Took me the better part of ten-plus chapters to figure out why. Not sure if you've ever read Robert Heinlein's novels (not the ones at the very end of his life, but the ones from earlier) but your writing style and how you handle things really strikes a familiar chord.
Sad to hear of your latest problems and can certainly sympathize with your situatin (family members having cancer, plus I have had a major round of dermatomyositis -- autoimmune disease where muscle tissue is regarded as a foreign body and is attacked in a positive feedback loop).
Certainly waiting for your next update, but do it at your own schedule.
Sultrychocolatesistaabout 9 years agoPraying for you Bob. Love your writing so much. I don't want to feel selfish in hoping for a finish. Being a Trekie and closet nerd I only wish for you to " Live long and prosper. "
Sultry
