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Jael was saddened to learn that her eccentric, childless great-uncle Ethan had passed away. As a child, she'd been enchanted by his tales of aliens and space adventures (he was an asteroid miner) even though she knew he'd been making them up. She used to write him long letters about her own (made-up) space adventures during her summer vacations. A few days after she'd heard that he was gone, a phone call came. The Aaron family had inherited Uncle Ethan's personal spaceship. He had used all his earnings to buy it, but had never had a chance to use it (what with the price of rocket fuel). It seems frivolous to have such a thing with four toddlers to feed and clothe, but it's hard to sell a childhood-dream-come-true.
Ethan had named it Chloe, after his wife, who left him after just 6 months of marriage and died the next year. Of spontaneous combustion, as far as could be determined. Who the heck dies of spontaneous combustion? Who names a spaceship after someone who did? Lonely bachelors who had gone 3 or 4 decades without a woman in their lives, apparently.
For now Chloe's out behind the farmhouse. All 30 feet and 8 tons of her. It may be an odd lawn ornament for a farming family getting back to the land... but Pete knows Jael isn't ready to part with it. And deep down they both know that someday, she'll fly.
And hopefully not spontaneously combust.
DH: Peter Silas Aaron Jr. [12/11/2047] "Pete" (21)
DW: Jael Jescha (Lael) Aaron [8/18/2048] "Jael" (20)
DS/DS/DD/DD: Josiah Peter Aaron [3/30/2057] "Joey" (1)
Judah Gabriel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Judah" (1)
Hannah Carmel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Hannah" (1)
Deborah Lydia Aaron [3/30/2057] "Dori" (1)
Jael was saddened to learn that her eccentric, childless great-uncle Ethan had passed away. As a child, she'd been enchanted by his tales of aliens and space adventures (he was an asteroid miner) even though she knew he'd been making them up. She used to write him long letters about her own (made-up) space adventures during her summer vacations. A few days after she'd heard that he was gone, a phone call came. The Aaron family had inherited Uncle Ethan's personal spaceship. He had used all his earnings to buy it, but had never had a chance to use it (what with the price of rocket fuel). It seems frivolous to have such a thing with four toddlers to feed and clothe, but it's hard to sell a childhood-dream-come-true.
Ethan had named it Chloe, after his wife, who left him after just 6 months of marriage and died the next year. Of spontaneous combustion, as far as could be determined. Who the heck dies of spontaneous combustion? Who names a spaceship after someone who did? Lonely bachelors who had gone 3 or 4 decades without a woman in their lives, apparently.
For now Chloe's out behind the farmhouse. All 30 feet and 8 tons of her. It may be an odd lawn ornament for a farming family getting back to the land... but Pete knows Jael isn't ready to part with it. And deep down they both know that someday, she'll fly.
And hopefully not spontaneously combust.
DH: Peter Silas Aaron Jr. [12/11/2047] "Pete" (21)
DW: Jael Jescha (Lael) Aaron [8/18/2048] "Jael" (20)
DS/DS/DD/DD: Josiah Peter Aaron [3/30/2057] "Joey" (1)
Judah Gabriel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Judah" (1)
Hannah Carmel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Hannah" (1)
Deborah Lydia Aaron [3/30/2057] "Dori" (1)
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