"Janus ReGen couldn't have done a better job with the decidedly non-spectral figure, adorned as she was in her festive best. Karen wore ascarlet sweat...r dress with a wide black belt about her waist. A darkburgundy half jacket offset the ensemble as did the suede calf highwinter boots. Her lush shoulder length hair was highlighted with a sprigof Holly tucked neatly over one ear."So this is about my reclamation?" I asked casually as she extended herpalm. "More about giving you a stern talking to.. Ali just smiled, thought a moment, and then said that she should be fine but that if she needed any help that she would ask.While Ali was in changing the lady asked me if Ali was my daughter or my girlfriend I replied girlfriend. She smiled sweetly and told me that I was a very lucky man. I thanked her.Ali came out in the first dress and it was lovely on her. The lady was not totally happy about the way that it fit and told her to try on the next one. When Ali was in the changing room the lady. My husband had been hoping to be home for his birth. I left the service when my time was up. That's when Bethany found me." "Wait, you went directly into the black card sisters?" "Yeah. 'Have Kids, Will Kick Ass' is our unofficial motto. It doesn't say anything about having a husband, cheating or otherwise. So Bethany told me about this group of women that needs people like me, people who can protect them while they use their gifts, their bodies and their minds, to make the world safer for all. ? ... and while you’re cleaning up, bring me a cup of tea in the living room.? she added. As I was washing, drying and putting away all of the dinner pots, pans and dishes I also hurriedly gobbled down the remains of her meal, and I finished it all just as the tea kettle began to whistle. I prepared her tea with lemon as she liked it, and brought it to her on a tray with several of her favorite chocolate mints, placing it on the table next to the couch on which she was sitting. She.