But he was. I turned to go, but he called out, asked me... Something." What?" Ally urged."I don't remember." You've never forgotten anything in your l...fe." Shawna nudged him, feeling him tense up as he lied. "Tell her." It's... I..." It doesn't matter to anyone here what he said, Marcus." Nick pointed out, and this time Ally didn't quiet him. "We're all here for each other, not for him." He asked if I was banging the slut, because it didn't matter, he'd finished with her anyway." Nick's face. I was proud of all of them. Of necessity, their officers were all men, but I did hope to find some officer material if the women did get into shooting fights with the invaders. These officers were all men too old to serve in the normal combat units, but they had enough experience in the War as sergeants to know what to have the women do if they were attacked. I really didn’t expect any of the women to be tested by gunfire, but I was confident that they could put up a good fight.We men had. “Right,” Adele said, nodding. “Given your background, though, I’m sure that you can understand the media’s fascination with you. You had already become a household name in most places before the incident last month. Rick wasn’t kidding when he said we’d been contacted by almost every major news outlet in the free world – and most of the minor news outlets, as well. At last count, I’d contacted more than a thousand TV stations, radio corporations, newspapers, magazines or web sites on your. He also told me, the Lottery Commission would contact me when the check was ready for pickup. He said to call, if I hadn’t heard from them in six weeks.That surprised me for I thought I would be getting the check that day. Bummer! They explained everything else on the web page. Why didn’t they mention that? Maybe I just missed it.We had lunch before we headed home, and I explained what happened when I submitted my ticket to Alicia during lunch. On the way home, we tried to relax and we talked.