He’s immaculately-groomed, therefore so is the bride. Rachel smirked at her own wordplay and swallowed the tinge of envy which coloured it. Kyla was...gazing up at her new husband with a got-the-cream smile on her perfectly-curved lips. At least this bride knew what a catch she’d reeled in, but then a woman as smart, sassy and gorgeous as Kyla could keep chucking them back in the sea until she knew she’d landed a prize. Then again maybe it was Reece who’d caught her. Or maybe they were two expert. " The girl's questions tumbled in breathless succession from her lips.Antoinette unfastened her cloak and unslung it from around her shoulders. She hung it on its accustomed hook next to the front door. She frowned at her daughter."Really, Meg, allow me to get both feet inside the door before you besiege me with questions. I need a nice hot cup of tea. Would you care to join me?"Meg sighed. She knew her mother better than anyone else did and realized that she was not ready to speak about the. Prepare tomodulate stations for attitude adjustments." Aye, cap." Commodore, could you bring up your artificial horizon readout on thelarge display in combination with an actual view of LZ?" I asked.Andie nodded."Split the gyro'd horizon and realtime LZ on the large display for theEmpress."The large display over the center of the Bridge came to life with twoside-by-side images; one, a two dimensional representation of Atlantisin relation to a solid horizontal line, the other, an enlarged view. Down 2 pounds from last week, and, more important, down 28 pounds in the last three months.“Close!” I texted back. Her first goal was to get below 200 pounds. Her big remaining vice was Starbucks coffee, although she had cut back from three a day to one a day ... well ... most days, only one. I had promised her a gift card when she got below 200.I checked the clock. 5:30. The nice thing about the hotel where I usually stayed for these trips, aside from it being a quick four-block walk to the.