We'll just put it on hold until then.Glenda: No, no, no! A year is too long. They will think of something else. No, it just has to be this way. I made...you promise that you wouldn't try to possess me. That means that I can't do that to you, either. This was just not meant to be.Paul: Take a few days and think in it. You'll feel differently in a few days. You won't have to use the phone. I'll give you my e-mail address.Glenda: No, Paul. It won't work. It was never in the cards. I'll never regret. David's heart sank as he stared at Dale with dreaded anticipation. And then Dale delivered him the news."He's told Jackie you are gay." Dale's face was serious."What! Why did he do that?" Apparently he tried it on with her and she told him she was a virgin. He replied along the lines that he wasn't surprised, since her last boyfriend was gay — sorry! I just thought you should know." She's not a virgin!" David snorted. "So she wouldn't let him into her iron knickers!" Are you sure?" Yes I'm. Her spotter told of how, after making her first kill, she threw up in the rocks, then wiped her mouth and went back to her firing position. All in all, her spotter said, she killed eight of the invaders.I took note of all of these, and got Amanda to give me a detailed account of Mark Wyndham's role in trying to save her so that I'd be sure to mention them when we had our 'formal' celebration.The saddest part of the day, of course, was when we held a short funeral service for our fallen. It seemed that the moment had come all too soon. Her heart was pounding as she looked through the peephole and saw an older, well dressed man on the other side. She opened the door to let him in and there was an awkward silence as they looked each other over. She would guess that he was in his forties. He was balding but he kept his hair cut short and it suited him. She thought he might have a bit of a belly but he wasn’t horribly over weight. He had a confidence about him that she found quite.