After kissing Caine goodbye, Jupiter skips up the steps to the Bolotnikov house where the porch light is on for her. It's feeling less and less like home, but she's looking forward to seeing her family after the stress of Earth's trade negotiations.
Nino is the first to greet her and barrages her with questions about the messenger - which causes Jupiter to giggle. "What? You have a crush on him, Auntie?"
Waving dismissively she shares conspiratorially, "I'm sure he's a Capricorn. And your mother was staring out the window after him."
"His name's Stinger. He's one of the pilots."
Jupiter looks up to see her mother hands on hips and toe tapping on the floor, very put out with her sister's interpretation. "Nino you imp! You're more of a busy body than the KGB was! I was only trying to place where I had heard his voice before!"
Waggling her eyebrows at Jupiter and mouthing 'See?', Nino shoves her glasses back in place and scurries off to tell the rest of the family that the secretive negotiator is home.
After a big hug and kisses on the cheek for her daughter, Aleksa has mom business to deal with. "Jupiter, why didn't you tell us you had a second job? What were you negotiating for?"
"I've been waiting to be sure it was going to be a long term gig, I guess." She gives one of her big eyed shrugs.
"That's the same thing you do every time I ask about your boyfriend. How come you never bring him around? A respectable young man would come to meet us. But back to this secret job…"
"Mom, I'm exhausted from the negotiations and the flight back. Please," Jupiter pleads for her to stop the interrogation.
Aleksa knows when her daughter is avoiding her, but the request is reasonable too. "In the morning then."
"Mom…" Jupiter grumbles and kisses her mom on the cheek. She's not ready to share this secret.