. Well that was too damned bad! He'd risk pissing her off if it would get her to stop living like a nun and give herself a chance at happiness! He con...inued, "I remember now why I thought about marrying her. She's a very warm and caring young woman and I think she would be a very loving wife. What more could I ask for?"Diana gritted her teeth and spoke through them, "How nice for you, Mr. Wayne. I hope you two will be very happy together. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to get back to work.. She’d wake up before anyone else and throw up for a while. Between that, and her swelling belly, it seemed like David might have succeeded in breeding her. Except, of course, it was too early for her to show. So maybe it was just something she ate. Linda retched again. Or maybe not.After a while, she felt better and stood up. She rinsed her mouth out a good long while at the sink and wandered into her bedroom on shaky legs and past her snoring husband. Poor William. So sweet and so clueless. At. "I think I might," said Paula. "Long hair certainly has it's benefits."* * *After Alicia and Linda received more compliments on their hair, theyheaded off to find somewhere to eat. The fact that Laura was determinedto make amends for the birthday party problem seemed to help cheer upKelly and Paula a bit, but there was no doubt that they wanted to betogether on that day."Cheer up," said Laura to Paula. "Your birthday is the week after we comeback. No problems with that date." I hope not," said. Moments passed in silence."I don't know what to do," She said, at last. Catty looked up, finding Far still standing near the door. "I was going to save Jaka, and, now..."The soldier, HER soldier, sighed, moving around the empty bed beside her, sitting on its edge facing her. He leaned forward, arms on his knees."Either we go back, take sides in this war our countrymen are fighting..." They are NOT my countrymen! None of them!" Catty felt herself almost growling. "I'm not going back to them!.