WCGW Chpt 251

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==Chapter 251 - What Could Go Wrong==
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New Avalon (Federated Commonwealth, FedSuns State Capital)
22nd December, 3046
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"Think it over Melissa, it would be less than a week travel time." First Prince Hanse Davion said
"You have never missed a Christmas on New Avalon, you always make a big deal about the celebration. Then there is the New Year broadcast you always do. Missing either of those or both would tell everyone that you are not where they think you are. Send Quintus or Justin or even Ardan, but you are not going to Wokha or Thazi. Period. Not during the holidays, you set the tradition and have stuck to it no matter what happened for decades. You will be staying here on New Avalon and stick to your normal routine." Archon Melissa Steiner-Davion replied
"You said it yourself, Mitchell is now a head of state of his own little nation. It might be seen as an insult sending someone not able to make a deal or give an answer right then." Hanse said, trying a different tact. He inwardly smiled when he saw her frown slightly, steady, don't blow it, she is in deep thought about what you said, his mind was silently saying.
"Fine. Your right, he deserves to meet with someone that can make a decision on the spot and make it stick." Melissa replied, and her eyes narrowed slightly as she watched Hanse smile broadly "So I will go and meet with President Mitchell. I am due to leave to return to Tharkad on the 27th anyway. Everyone is used to me being in transit between here and Tharkad for a week or two every couple months anyway. So it will not be a big thing. We will just adjust my command circuit slightly to link up with the one I am sure you have close to being setup heading to Wokha and Thazi."
Hanse felt his smile melt on his face into a frown as she spoke, he had been sandbagged by his own argument, and knew that further discussion of the subject would ruin the holidays for both of them. "Yes, Dear. That would probably be best."
"Oh, cheer up, you should be used to losing to me. Remember the saying "Happy wife, happy life"?" Melissa told him with a sparkling smile as she leaned over and kissed him.
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