Chapter 19
Jess sat brooding in the pilot’s chair. The Wanderer was currently taking care of mining new resources and the most critical repairs. All Jess could do now was sit and wait.
And think. He couldn’t understand how Sal could so easily choose Dash over him. There was obviously a spark between Sal and Dash, but how could she decide to leave so easily? At first Jess had thought she was bluffing. Now he was sure she wasn’t. He’d seen the anger in her eyes, the determination.
Why couldn’t she see how dangerous Dash was? She’d suffered more at Dash’s hands than the rest of them, yet she stood by him time after time. It made Jess angry. He was scared too, though he wouldn’t admit it even to himself. When Matt, Sal and he had first escaped slavery the other two had been his o
