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    What We Live For, chapter 2

    ”Because, unless I’m luckier than I think, it’s very likely that’s what I’ll end up as soon enough.” She told her with all honestly, the truth of that still not at all sitting right with her.

    ”I uh… think you’re going to have to explain that to me.” Mariah told her guardedly.

    Kathryn sighed. ”The reason I came here is to convince my sister and her family to leave the Demilitarized Zone with me… Whatever else, Mariah, she’s the only sister I have. I… I just can’t lose her. I can’t stand the idea of…” She shook her head. ”It’s kept me up nights, and I’ve talked, begged, pleaded with her… she won’t listen.”

    ”But you think if you’re here in person, she’ll listen then?” Mariah asked, not unkindly.

    Kathryn smiled. ”I’m hoping she will. But, realistically? No, probably not…”

    ”So…?”

    ”So? Like the old saying goes: If you can’t beat’m…” She left the thought unfinished.

    ”Join them?” Mariah asked, sounding a little unsure.

    Kathryn tilted her head to the side a little. ”She’s family.” Was all she said. And, really, that’s what it came down to for her – politics and big picture thinking be damned.

    ”Huh… didn’t see that coming.” Mariah smiled, looking at her a little like she was really seeing her for the first time.

    Kathryn smiled at the look. ”I’ve been told more than once: I’m full of surprises.” She told her, eating some stew.

    ”I’ll bet. So then, I guess you’ll be off to make your appeals when you’ve finished eating with me? Or, is it too far out for that?” Mariah asked.

    Kathryn shook her head and swallowed. ”Not that easy, I’m afraid. I’ve got to find her first.” That, and it was getting fairly close to sunset, and, privately, Kathryn would admit that she was pretty tired from all the traveling, and she’d gone probably about eighteen hours now without sleep. Hardly a personal record, but, she mused, she really would rather have a good night’s sleep behind her when she confronted her sometimes flummoxing little sister.

    Mariah looked at her, smiling a little. ”You don’t know where she lives? Your own sister?” She asked.

    ”You don’t have to say it like that.” Kathryn replied a little ruefully. ”I know she lives near here on a farm. She used to live in Leonis, a port city on Tracken II.” It was another planet in the DMZ. Phoebe had met her wife there and moved here with her after a while. ”This is the first time I’ve visited since she moved to Volan III and settled on that farm a couple months ago, so I never needed to ask directions before, and… well, I didn’t want to ask this time because, let’s just say I thought the element of surprise might help my case.”

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    1. Finding her sister might not be the only problem KATHRYN has ,seems like MARIAH is not being truthful about who she really is.Beware of strangers bearing gifts in the form of friendship.thanks

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