We were definitely attracting the kind of attention you don’t really want. Bullets began pinging off the armor of the Humvee. I yelled up at Montoya... “Cover left and hold the line!” The Ma Deuce he was firing was an excellent weapon, and we had plenty of ammo. He didn’t answer me, but now that we weren’t bouncing all over creation, he began firing accurately and with good discipline.Bravo Three Two slewed up alongside us as Givens and I bailed out. I ran over and ordered Riley, “Position it. "Yes, of course. Let's welcome Miss Sally Pitman!"She strutted proudly to the chair, sat down and crossed her legup for the butler.Alice commented, "Look at her! Such arrogance!" We'll see. She won't make it. Her soles are too thick," Ashleycriticized.True enough, Ashley's prediction was correct. Sally's feetseemed to be the right size, but they just wouldn't fit. Must bethe soles, as Ashley said. Still, she strutted back to herposition just as conceited as before.Ashley laughed, "See?" Next,. ”Before I could utter another word, the four women burst into tears, one of them wailing, “Oh no! It wasn’t supposed to be you. Everything’s ruined.”It wasn’t my proudest moment. Totally at a loss for words, I stood with my mouth hanging open, watching the men trying to comfort the weeping women while leaking tears themselves.Hannah reacted, stepped forward, and demanded, “Somebody want to tell us what’s going on?!”The clear command coming from that petite package got attention, but there was a. She said to Brenda, "Thanksfor showing me the baby. I've gotta run. I'll come back and help youbabysit another time, okay?" Sure thing," Brenda replied. She stepped closer to the front door andcocked her head, listening. "Sounds like a full house inside. I'll seeyou later, Trish." Brenda tossed me a disdainful grin before shedisappeared inside.The cute blonde visitor didn't bother saying goodbye to me. Why wouldshe? I was nothing but a baby to her. A useless big baby. She skippedlightly down.