I avoided Charlotte/Anna as much as I could. I spent even more time with Amanda. No one thought it was odd because she was after all, my mother in law... We were the only family that each other had. Somehow neither, Amanda or anyone else noticed anything odd about Anna. I couldn't figure out a way to tell Amanda without sounding like I was the crazy one. After a few weeks she brought the subject up herself, at one of our lunches."Press, what happened to you and Anna?" asked Amanda, one day while. . was..." Quit your whining. Take off your dress and hand it to Pablo. You will do this right now, or I will severely punish your mother, than have you forcibly stripped. The choice is yours"Lauren knew she'd made a mistake, and now must suffer through it, but she wouldn't give the bastard the satisfaction of her crying or complaining. She took a deep breath, and then reached for the back of her dress and slowly unzipped. It took all her willpower to push the dress down and she stepped out of. I watched as a ship touched down and then saw more Furry's as theybegan stepping off to join the Colonel who motioned for me to follow."Mags, Ratchet, turn em around, just in case we need em," I saidmotioning to the FAVs.The rest of my team followed me as we stepped into the command center.I saw a few other Rogue units, but not many. "We would like to offeryou teams a place with Bravo Command. You five teams fought likebanshees out there. We don't mix it up very often but when we do, weneed. ‘Why haven’t you ever married,’ she asked, curious as to why such a talented, good-looking guy as Mat had never been snagged. Mat seemed to look far away and didn’t answer immediately, so Melanie was afraid she’d offended him. When he did answer, it was with a wistful look. ‘I was engaged once, about 12 years ago,’ Mat said. ‘A month before the wedding, she backed out. At first, she told me she just didn’t know if she loved me. I soon found out that an old boyfriend from high school had come.