If I do all of that running around, I won’t make it to work on time myself.”I began to cry, but just turned away and left without saying anything ...ore. With a sigh, I started walking back to Sheila’s house. Just like on my walk home, a lot of cars honked at me, people shouted obscenities out their windows at me and shot me a lot of filthy looks. I held my head down and did my best to ignore everything but it was humiliating and embarrassing to be dressed as I was and having people saying such. She had curly raven-black hair, pale-ish skin, but very pretty. She was thin, but not so you’d notice. She had very pretty blue eyes. Brenna guessed that she was in her late 30s early 40s. She was an attractive woman certainly, and had a certain presence.“Are you Katerina?” asked her mother.“I am indeed. And you must be Mrs. Taylor,” she turned towards Brenna, “And you must be Brenna. Your mother described you, but she did not do you justice.”Brenna blushed, “How did you know I was the. As Xander opened the box and pulled out the rattle, the teddy bear, and the other toys we’d happily bought in anticipation of her arrival, I picked up a picture of our little bundle. In the photo, Xander held her. Even now, I was amazed at how much she looked like his side of the family, with her red hair and light eyes. ‘She should be outside riding her bike,’ I sobbed, putting my head on Xander’s shoulder. ‘It’s nobody’s fault she died the same night she was born,’ he put his arms around me,. "There was general laughter and I nodded to Linus as I finally stood back up to find Janice, Meiko and Tina all demanding kisses. Their smiles were full of pride and I sighed in contentment as we carried my ruined armor through the doors and loaded it on one of the waiting grav sleds.The sled immediately took off for our armory pod, although the AI informed us that it would enter a back tunnel and go directly to the morgue to see if any of the armor was recyclable. Instead of following it I.