“Oh, for God’s sake, Virtue,” RED interrupted the pilot, “you said you didn’t like Mandy. You were angry at her.”
Virtue shrugged. “I don’t like her sure but she didn’t kill anyone. How did you get that idea?”
“You…Elsa died…Mandy embarrassed her….” RED stopped. “Oh, forget it.”
The comm unit on the desk signaled there was a call coming in ending their inane conversation. Thank you. RED opened the comm link. “Go for RED.”
“Admiral Roosevelt here. We’ve made our decision. You and Captain Virtue have earned the right to be part of the contract. We thought your performance capturing that rogue delivery ship was excellent.”
Red considered the Admiral’s choice of words. Something smelled bad like rotten grapefruit. She’d never eaten grapefruit, or any fruit actually, but her aroma sensors
