There was no trouble in our area that day either. In fact, there seemed to be fewer flights than usual from the airbase that day; it looked as if the ...ir Force was being very careful.We still remained on a low level of alert. The Partners had been removed from alert status, but the Eagles and Falcons still made several patrols of the surrounding area that day. A solution still hadn’t been determined in case of the water being cut off, but the Medical Team now tested the incoming water several. Melissa?smakeup had run and she had dark rings around her eyes. Penelopecouldn?t tell if her mascara was smeared by perspiration or tears."I knew there had been others before me and that there would be othersafter. It was too well organised and they were stupid enough to bragabout some of the others in front of me. I knew I should have reportedthem. I blame myself for those that came after me." Melissa was stillcatching her breath and her speech was staccato."They're rich and entitled and. She seemed to gain her composure quickly, like a woman who often had to think on her feet. Like a woman who had been through hell. ‘It is, I guess. But not as nice as Lucille. So were you named after a relative, a redheaded movie star or B.B. Kings guitar?’ He asked jokingly. She blessed him with a beaming smile and laughed aloud, the first good laugh she had experienced in weeks. In that moment he thought she was quite beautiful, and the way she looked at him told him that she knew it. ‘None. "A buck for a beer?!"She had spat out the beer in shock,"And folk call me an outlaw!" That's for the damages you caused last time."He explained.It was Annie's turn to mumble angrily to herself,"Put it on my tab..." Allow me."A gentleman in fine dark tweed clothing sat beside her, as he handed the bartender a crisp dollar bill.The mustachioed man smelt like money. Clearly a rich man. Too rich for this kind of place, Annie noted."And to what do I owe the pleasure?"She asked him, not even looking.