After they had returned Stephan, again, had to endure an all day marathon of interviews by agency officials from numerous departments and agencies along with several dignitaries from foreign countries asking him about the colony and what he intended to do with it along with a couple of them even demanding that he bring citizens from their countries back because they had charged them with desertion. After answering all of the questions presented to him in all of the interviews as well as refusing to return any colonists due to them all having visas that had been validated days before the departure, Stephan called another press conference.
I'm sorry for not being able to post chapters for the last four days. Remodeling my kitchen ended up taking more hours each day and more days than I had expected and so I wasn't able to even finish this chapter even with me starting on it the same night I published my last chapter. The good news for you guys though, is that the kitchen, and all other projects that might interfere for more than an hour or two at a time with me writing further chapters, have been finished and I should be able to get back on track with regular, reliable postings of at least one chapter every day.
Thank you all for your time and patience,
Shannon