"This one, in fact." Really." I still had no earthly clue as to what they had talked about, or why we were where we were, instead of "going to town" l...ike she had said we were going to do."I know you're wondering what we talked about," she said."That's fair to assume," I said. I didn't mean it to come out as dryly as it did. She shot me a look."We're going to test your theory," she said."My theory?" The one that says you can love two women at the same time."That suggested several things, but I. I was feeling more cheated and pissed. ‘You were my first love. If you hadn’t been in the coma, we would be married. I guess I will always love you, but I felt I had to move on to heal myself.’ ‘Just leave me for now. I have to think.’ She left again crying. A few days later, I had a knock on my door. Some sleazy sales type dressed casually in blue jeans and a denim shirt was standing there. This guy was about 5’10’ and must have weight about 160 pounds with slicked back hair. ‘My name is. Madge answered for him and said, "When Shelly's hair is dry and therollers are removed, her ringlets will hang down in perfect rows. Wendywill remove the bottom curlers first, arrange the curls with perfectprecision and spray them with an extra strong hold hair spray. Then,he'll work up to the next tier and do the same. He can do a more of aloose, random style of ringlets if that's what you want. But if a moredefined look of perfectly formed, bouncy ringlets is desired, thenShelly will. The General had said he could have anything he wanted to protect the only person on Earth that Ship would allow to be her commander, so Mayfield asked for what he needed, and so far, the General had not rejected a single request.Sirens inside the Retreat blared, and the women and Alphas who happened to be there at the time ran to retrieve their pulse rifles from the gun lockers, also grabbing handguns hidden all over the Retreat, everyone hastening to their assigned defensive/safe positions..