Anna Pechet was a household name. She couldn't hide. She had a retinue every place she went: two personal assistants, a script girl, a makeup lady, a ...air lady, a wardrobe specialist, a personal chauffeur, and a contingent of bodyguards who I was sure had been not only NFL line backers, but also a hired assassins in a slightly earlier life. Anna had more people and protection around her than the President.When Anna arrived at the Cape that summer, most of her staff took over a small inn in the. “Syd, this is Miranda.”With a warm smile, Syd reached out to shake Miranda’s hand. A little stunned, Miranda automatically reached out to reciprocate.“Look at the two of you,” Jeff beamed and they shook hands, “it’s a perfect match.”A heartbeat passed as Miranda and Syd looked at each other, then Jeff excused himself, giving Syd a thumbs up as he did. As he headed back toward the bleachers, Syd said it was nice to meet Miranda.“You too,” Miranda replied, still feeling awkward. “I’ll tell you. While we ate, Rory and Zahra came and joined us. We all just smiled at one another and nodded knowingly towards each other. Truthfully there wasn't much to be said. We both knew what the other had been up to and neither of us pretended otherwise. After the meal, we all dressed and armed ourselves and then went in search of an armourer.We'd captured enough weapons and armour from the pirates and the four men who'd appeared on the Windrunner to make it worth keeping the stuff and selling it once. ” Both Maria and I looked at each other in shock not knowing what to say. So we just laughed it off.A few weeks later we had a bonfire in the back for Maria's sister birthday. After a couple of hours of drinking and goofing around people started to leave because Maria's parents came home. I told Maria I would stay behind and help her clean up before I headed home. It took us about half an hour to get everything back in order. On the way home I saw this dude on the side of the road too drunk to.