Renall said, “There are outlying planets along the route where credits speak louder than the Federation’s fugitive reports. We will stop at several in order to purchase more necessary things.”
Clara knew it would be hard, that journey. She knew it would be hard to live in a place where things were so unfamiliar. But as long as Renall was with her, she was willing. Her grin got bigger and then she burst into laughter.
Renall lifted an eyebrow. “What is it?”
She guffawed out. “I was on a bride ship after all.”
He burst into laughter. Then he kissed her soundly. When he stopped kissing her, he said, “It seems so. It also seems I have inherited a family.”
The happiness in his voice filled her heart with a lightness she had never known in her entire life.
Hand in hand, they headed for the door, and their future.
