I thought she might have some insight. While I was talking to her, the receipt was in plain sight on the kitchen counter beside me. Mitch was home...at the time, remember, and he came into the kitchen." She glanced at Michelle and smiled. "Looking for food as usual." Michelle proved her claimed acting ability. Backing out of the hug and straightening to her full height, she gazed haughtily down her nose at the other women and said with a sniff, "We big girls, unlike you undersized. I had seen three giants, more than ten feet tall, thunder onto the Bridge, their dark, hairy feet cracking the wooden planks. Then my pike had been wrenched from my hands. How, I do not know. I had failed to pull my sword from its scabbard, and then a blow had caught me on my right shoulder, a blow with a force beyond that of any mortal man.And now I was here, fallen into the river. Watching the city and Order of the Wolf die, clinging onto a piece of wood as the stream took me. Out of danger. The top row showed two Medals of Honor side by side. The next row showed three Distinguished Service Crosses and a Legion of Merit. The bottom row showed three Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. In addition, on the table, which in reality was bare, an opened letter lay showing a single fold.Bobbie said, "If I ever do this as an oil, of course the letter will be light-blue paper with blue ink." But what's in the shadow box?" Ken asked softly."Some medals. I don't know what any of. I'll be back to get you when the guests have all arrived."With that she was gone.Adrienne was thrilled, but also dumbfounded that a family of the status of the Vagnors would be doing this for a servant girl.But why question that which was bringing such happiness -- so Adrienne hummed a sweet melody as she slipped into the gown.Adrienne had just applied a touch of the musk cologne behind each ear -- funny how she had developed a fancy for it -- when a knock on the door signaled the return of the.