"I'm sorry, but may I come in?" she half yelled, half screamed as the wind was growing in intensity...Michael finally caught himself and opened the do...r wider so she could come in. " I'm sorry to barge in, but I had a small accident with my car I'm afraid and well I put it in the ditch out in front of your house." Michael struggled to find his voice, finally after what must have 2 full minutes, he regained his composure and spoke, "I'm sorry, I am just really shocked to see anybody out in this. When the convoy was traveling this afternoon, the other two Blackhawks and two Bell 407s were to be in the air over the shore, fully manned with heavily armed security personnel.They were flying a controlled approach practice to the small Bay Bridge airport where we first started our business as cover for being in the air a couple miles from the Bay Bridge.The dump trucks hit the Suburbans so hard that it shoved them into the guard rail separating the highway.With all the armor in the body and. . and I can feel a head."Rachel grunted and flailed her hands reaching for Noah's. She grasped it and squeezed, grimacing. "Oh!" she gasped as the contraction passed. She squeezed his hand again."They're almost continuous, now," Noah remarked."Yes. She's having a good labor." Meredith reached between Rachel's legs again. "She's up to nine. It won't be a half hour -- it'll be ten minutes." She turned toward the living room. "SARAH!" she yelled.Noah's sister-in-law stepped into the kitchen.. “Now I’m sorry too, Denise. These people are my family. Real kind, not crime kind. They do not show me ‘respect,’ and I won’t hold it against you if you don’t, either.”That got a smile from the girl. Soon they were able to talk, and Denise asked her first question of Helena: How she became Contessa, before Helen began spinning her story.“Well,” Helen said afterwards, drinking her cocoa. “What would you think of a trilogy about a special Chosen Girl who’s really clumsy but can do this one thing.