Chapter Sixteen
Before going to collect their supplies, Tina wanted to wait until refuelling had finished. The departure permission Rasa had brought showed that they needed to pick up their supplies elsewhere at the docks, likely from a supply ship that had just arrived. Tina wondered if that was why the departure permits had been so delayed: because they were waiting for a ship to arrive.
She needed to know how she and Rex were going to survive after the ship left to wait near the station. Thor offered to put them up in a room, but Tina didn’t want to put him and his son at risk. “We have some money now that we don’t have to pay for refuelling. We can use temporary accommodation.”
Thor wouldn’t have any of it. “Take it from me: you don’t want to stay there. Those guesthouses are not ni
