Vivie shook her head. "Io's a crazy place at the best of times. I don't understand why ISF are expanding when they have enough trouble maintaining the current bases at Calico and Prometheus."
"Vivie, tell me, is there anything we can do from here?"
"Not without bailing out of this project," Vivie said.
Eilin shook her head; no, they couldn't do that.
Vivie continued, "I'll put a call through to base. Let them handle it—" She frowned. "Madam President, are you all right?"
"Yes—why?" But Eilin's hands were sweaty and her heart thudded, yet it would never do to let anyone know why these two men mattered so much to her. She was meant to lead the company, and not have favourites. She had not reached the top of the Allion Aerospace empire by being emotional.
After what seemed like an etern
