" Tom commented as he watched me put on a pair of panties."We'd never get out of this room if it wasn't, you randy sod." I grinned at him as I slid a ...ra up my arms."True." Tom smiled wistfully, "Mind you, I'm looking forward to getting a fashion show later."Then Tom frowned, stepping into a garter belt I wondered what had caused this, his response when I asked him was a smile and a shake of the head."Just a daft idea." He said, "Forget it."Sitting down I picked up a stocking and started. Later I lay in bed in a pleasantly drowsy mood and thought about Jack and that kiss. It wasn’t really a kiss but it had been more than anything else in the two years since Billy had died. We had a whirlwind courtship, meeting at the beach on the small island of Coronado in San Diego, right after he finished jump school at Fort Bragg. Three months later we married in Fayetteville, and a month after that while I was still getting settled into our dependent housing, Billy Mayfield was off to war. ”The Sentries all chimed over the comms line with their signals, indicating that each one there had heard and confirmed her order. Everyone else clambered into the Hermes as Inari powered the ship up, getting it ready to fly. She checked her readouts and after confirming everything as green; they lifted off, heading skyward.There was a bit of difficulty getting up and out of the atmosphere, but that was because of the higher gravity of the Talemkha. Though everyone could move around freely, it. ‘They need money to keep the hospital open ma’am and the kids were very young, you can’t expect them to really know who you are,’ he said helping Mia pull off her jacket. ‘They should have told them about me and how famous I was,’ she snapped at Gabriel. ‘I’ll be in my room. If you want something to eat, you’ll be on your own tonight. Everyone has Friday afternoon and Saturday off,’ she said walking away, thinking of Gabriel and his defense of the hospital. Once in her room, Mia began stripped.