<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr">Mission: Auld Lang Syne</div><div dir="ltr">Day:01</div><div dir="ltr">Stardate 2445:12:28</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">(Risa medical facility- Katie’s office- COO LTjg Paul Sleeford 10:36)</div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"....yes.... yes..." </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She held out her hand so he could slip the ring on her finger, her eyes sparkling with joy through the tears. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Smiling up at Katie, Paul felt his own tears.</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“The next question is when”</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Reply Jamison)</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Then there’s our families, my sister would never forgive me not inviting her or my mother. I just wish dad was still with us”</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sitting silent for a few seconds Paul thought about the man who had raised him. </span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I’d better speak to the captain.”</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">( reply Jamison)</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Reply Jamison)</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Posted by Alistair)</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><br></span></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">Sent from my iPhone</span></font></div></div></div></div></body></html>