Chapter 178

There was a lot of political maneuvering when it came to real relationships on the Moon. Sexual relationships... well, those didn't matter as much. People did what they wanted with who they wanted... although, even then, Trish hadn't been of real interest to anyone because they didn't think she had anything to offer but her body. Real partnerships, the marriages, happened when people wanted alliances on the Moon. Everyone knew some of those alliances were forced. That had been one upside to being the child of the Moon's support staff; no one was going to force her into a partnership for power. It occurred to her that - whether on the Moon or on Earth - she'd apparently been part of a very small group of citizens who could actually choose who they wanted to have a relationship with.

"So here, men just take who they want -"

"Not just men, women too," Laura said. "Whoever's in the better position." A bigger smile c