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No one will dispute that; Nova has done as for this club since she came home She's helped out a few times on missions, but only when asked Nova hasn't pushed her way in and taken over Well, ever

Nova has also done wonders for the women and their self-esteem The self-defense classes she teaches are incredible Each woman is now full of confidence at the fact that they now have the ability to defend themselves in ways us men have never been able to drum into them

Nova is even teaching the kids to defend theirl to be able to take care of herself in the big orld Life out there is much harder for a woman than it is a man It's ridiculous, but that's just the way it is If Nova can change that for our women, for our kids, then she will

“What's it gonna take, Nova, for you to listen? How onna end up here?”

“I had no intention of getting involved today I swear that I didn't” Nova sounds defeated Shepard and Booker have been giving her a hard tied on about her staying out of things that don't concern her If the club needs her help, she'll be contacted

“Do you have any idea what could have happened to you bringing that motherfucker in here? And alone?!”

“Yet you still let me leave with him” Nova raises her eyebrow Shepard looks annoyed, but my wife has a point We all let her leave with him Why did we do that? Because we all knoell she can take care of herself If I thought Trigger would have hurt Nova, I would have stopped it immediately However, when Nova looked at me and winked, I knew she'd be just fine

“He could have torn you apart!”

“You don't know er could have gotten the better of me, Booker”

Booker looks at Shepard “I know she's your daughter, and I know she's capable of s, but”

“Don't be a sexist prick, Booker” Red steps forward “Standing here and shouting the odds at the girl will get us nowhere”

“Red's right,” I look over at old CueBall “Nova did wrong getting involved in business she had no right getting involved in, and I get why you're all annoyed People got hurt today, but no one died None of ours anyway”

“That's all well and good, CueBall, but you know the rules Apollo put in place,”

Oh, fuck, no!

“Not happening!” Booker looks atNova! “You're not laying a hand on my wife!”

“She wants to be part of this club, and takethe club”

Booker's words trail off, and all eyes are now on Nova with her gun pointed at his head “Don't do anything stupid, Booker I did wrong, and I'll have to work da worked out just fine in the end It's not a damn problem to use my skills when it suits you all I' in return I killed Trigger because” I watch Nova s back her emotions, and it hurts me to see her like this

“If you think for one-second I won't kill you should you touch me, then you are more stupid than you look”

“Nova?” She looks at BlackJack “What's going on? This isn't like you; you're never this disrespectful Did sory?”

“I' from her eyes as she reaches for me I take her hand in mine, and stroke her face with my other hand “I don't kno to deal with this, Tank”

I wrap her up init on the table I kiss her head, all the while Nova is trying not to cry in front of everyone

“What the hell is going on?” Shepard asks

“We didn't want to say anything until we knew for sure”

“Knehat? Nova?” She shakes her head at Jett, and I look at Hammer

“Let it out, son We're your fa, you knoe're here for you”

I nod ht I know Nova and I shouldn't have kept this to ourselves, and it's not an excuse, but there was so ht time

“I know that Nova did the wrong thing involving herself in club business The Alison thing, no one would have been able to stop Nova froainst the injustices women suffer”