" She smiled. "Well, I believe we can do a little better than that. Under General Jackson's command the MPG is a highly and specifically trained group...with excellent equipment and tactics. Their very reason for existence is to prevent, not just hold off, an armed invasion of our planet and if WestHem comes in here thinking that they're dealing with a simple speed bump they're going to have a nasty surprise in store for them."But as the MPG stands right now we do not have enough combat personnel. The sheer lace of the veil covered her face as she considered her choices. With one month until her wedding, she had to choose one.Mariah saw the struggle on Carly’s face and it was clear it wasn’t about her dress choices. “Carly, are you okay? Look, I like you and I think you make my father really happy, but if you’re having second thoughts…”“I’m sorry, I just have a lot on my mind,” Carly apologized“Thinking about Mark?” Mariah asked.“You mean Marcus,” Carly corrected her.“Um, no, I meant. “It’s nice to meet you, Rachel,” Dr. Romanov shook her hand and gave her a kind but penetrating smile. The look made her oddly vulnerable.“Hello Doctor” Her eyes flickered to Dr. Bryce but Romanov held her attention “I didn’t know you were coming to Dr. Bryce.”“You’re dad wanted me to be here since it’s your first operation.”Rachel appreciated it, and she always liked her time with Dr. Bryce, “Where is my dad?” Last she saw of him he was in the waiting room.“Well you’re getting older now and. All she wanted now was to find love and be loved. Fucking for the sake of it was out of the question.She remembered how difficult it was to give up. She left the business without saying a word to anyone. One minute a porn star, the next, gone!It was the only way to do it, she thought, get out and make a clean break. Make new friends, move back home where nobody from the business knew her. Leave your old friends behind. Time would tell as to how many of them would be concerned.They never were..