” “Uh-huh.” I looked down at my chipping nail polish and tried not to be hurt. Inside I was fuming, although I had no right to be, I mean after ...ll I wasn’t here, but it still stung to see my first love married to someone else and her pregnant with his child. I sighed. “Well, I am going to the kitchen to refill.” I said waving my glass. “Does anyone want anything?” No one seemed interested so I stood and stepped over Johanna’s legs to walk to the kitchen. I saw out of the corner of my eye Josh. He looked at me like he hadn’t eaten in days and I was dinner.“I think I’ll stay too.” I announced to the group, there was six of us in all, my closest friend Jen pulled me aside.“Are you sure?” she was concerned because I mentioned that I felt there was some attraction happening between Matt and I over the last few weeks.“Yes, I’ll text you.” She hugged me, grabbed her purse, and walked out the door after the other guys. I suddenly felt a little sick to my stomach, I was nervous and I had been. Jackson about our problem. I was on my way to find Mr. Jackson when I was stopped by a messenger from the Colonel. The women had arrived at the fort, and he would like for Running Fox and me to come out there for a discussion at our earliest convenience. The messenger looked kind of antsy, so I found Running Fox, and we went to see the Colonel.We were both ushered into Susan's bedroom which was now her sickroom. Susan gushed her thanks to us for her rescue. Her mother and father both echoed her. "We are certain that both the Sa'arm and the Confederacy have beam weapons that they use against navigational hazards. There are also some accelerators for abrasive particles, as well as railguns. While a navigational hazard target can be moving, it wouldn't be maneuvering, so Confederacy tracking is limited. We don't know if the Sa'arm ever dealt with counterattacking forces, so we don't know if they can deal with maneuver and countermeasures.While he was of an old Australian Navy family, he.