Tombstone Estate

[Doc Holliday]

John Holliday wiped his chin after a pleasant mahi fish meal with his wife. All that remained were but a few scraps and crumbs on their plates.

"Delicious as usual, Dahlin'," he told her with a smile.
"Domo arigato," she answered with a smile of her own as she made a motion to stand up and begin clearing the table.
"Don't go yet, Dahlin'," he said to her, taking a sip of his water, "I want your advice on something."
She sat as he took her hands in his. It was obvious to her that something weighted heavy on his mind.

"Is everything OK?" she asked with a look of concern.
He told her of something he had seen only the day before, something that greatly disturbed him not so much as a diplomat but as a doctor. He told her of a Kusari battleship that sat above Planet Leeds in which the commander offered a rescued Zoner.

"That not sound bad," she began.
"That's not what is bothering me, Dahlin'," he interrupted, "as I was leaving, he then ordered the bombardment of the planet. I wanted to stop him. I wanted to get in the way. But, I was as powerless as the three BAF fighters that sat watching. I wish now I had done something."

She sat in horror as he told the story.

"I could only think of all the refugees I take care of at Port Jackson, all those innocent children who did nothing to bring this upon themselves. I can only wonder how many died that day because I didn't try," he confessed.

She sat looking into his eyes. She saw the pain he felt, the guilt that plagued Dr. Holliday. She also sensed the Ambassador's anger.
He continued, "I ask your advice being that you are Kusari born. If I cease any and all ties with Kusari...."
He stopped to see what reaction he may be getting. He saw her sitting and listening but not angry with him, "......how would you feel?"

She gripped his hands, "Considering what I just hear, I would support you. I see what they have done in Leeds, the children at Port Jackson."
"I was afraid," he began.
"Of what, John Henry," she interrupted, "that I may leave you over cutting ties? That I may oppose you?"
She shook her head, "No. This war must end. Even if it does not, I will raise our daughter in peace here on Gran Canaria. John Henry, you do what you must. I will stand by you."

He just looked at her. Never had she been so foward about something. She had always been outspoken against her own people but not like that.
"Thank you, Dahlin'," he answered, "that is what I needed to hear."

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