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Doc looked at her for a moment with a long face when she asked him about her. He turned back, nodding a bit shamefully. He looked forward again as they continued riding, "You asked back at Foster what I am hiding. Now you know."
He was silent for another moment. He didn't want to praise her too much, not that she didn't deserve it but because he didn't want to upstage Ashlea. But, honesty still was his best policy and it was a chance to clear his conscience a bit.
"Her name is Midori," he said somewhat dejectedly, "she gave me three great kids. Problem was, I was always to busy. TAZ, Med Force, research and whatever diplomatic problem came along, She couldn't take it anymore and left back to Honshu." He sighed, "I thought by stepping down from TAZ leadership and therefore the diplomacy that things would get better but, it didn't help. She wanted another child but I had advised against it medically."
He went silent a moment as the demon he was letting go hung about him for a moment. He finally took another deep breath, "We tried to work it out but I guess I hurt her too much. She took her and the kids to Honshu on a shuttle. She even gave me back her Conference which is still back on Canaria."
A somber feeling of relief fell over him as he finally looked back at Ashlea, "I enjoyed being married. I enjoy being a parent. Maybe one day I'll have another chance. Maybe thats why I never got rid of the pictures. I'm not sure what else there is in that room from my past."
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