Academy Mother
Chapter 35
'March'
Spock awoke early that morning at the same time every morning. But this morning was not a normal morning. This was his wife's birthday. Shaking his head he stood up and stretched before moving over to light an incense which would help him concentrate.
Then he went over to his computer so he could do another search. He knew she lived in Iowa but he had found almost a dozen women with the middle name Tabitha and the surname Kirk from there. None of them were his age. The closest was a twenty-year-old from some place called Muscatine. The second closest was from someplace called Bettendorf and was twenty-six. The only other close one was from Carroll and was the same age as the one from Bettendorf though three months younger.
If he didn't find something soon he might have to risk breaking ordinances and laws – hacking into blocked information. But that would be a last resort. He'd use whatever else he could until then.
~Academy Mother~
Sitting home alone Jim was bored stiff. Gaila and Bones had taken the twins for the evening, were watching over them across the hall. It had been Gaila's idea to give her the night off from parental responsibilities.
Normally she was all for it… but now she was bored.
She'd didn't know what to do. She had the kids so much they were a part of her life – an integral part of her life. Now that they weren't there she felt anxious.
Going out and getting drunk didn't appeal to her. She didn't want to party like she used to. She didn't have all that many friends – though she had more now than in high school – so she couldn't go hang out with them. So she was completely bored.
So, doing the only thing she could consider doing – she went to her room and plopped down, falling to sleep early.