“Nope,” he shook his head. “I’ve got nothing. Movie star famous? Or TV-soap famous?” “It’s Rose Byrne, you tool!” Andrew lamented. “...Oh God,” Belinda groaned. “Here we go.” “What?” asked Kevin. “The one from …,” he snapped his fingers, trying to recall a name, “… that TV show with the lawyer woman … Meryl Streep?” “Glenn Close,” Andrew corrected him. “Near enough. It’s Damages. Rose Byrne is the young hottie, Ellen Parsons. And she was in one of the X-Men movies. And Bridesmaids too!”. Sara left him, deciding that he wanted to be alone right now.For Charles, as long as he kept working, he felt that he was doing something worthwhile. Working did something for his damaged ego. He felt like a soldier who kept on going stronger and stronger, regardless how tough the enemy was. As for who was the enemy: Ivy.When he finished work, he followed his mom back home. His mom let him spend the entire evening playing video game on their television set. Sara knew that Charles was feeling. ..I must get a pair of those shoes before I leave."We sat down on the couch and I poured us both some white wine. We satand talked like girl friends do, touching each other and commenting onour outfits."We picked the right color for your nails, they look perfect for thedress," Ally commented, "and your shoes are very sexy." Thanks, I hoped the color was right and it turns out it was."After another glass of wine we settled down a bit. "Ally," I asked,"what do you think about my girly. “Though it won’t do you much good, I can’t speak your language.”He was shocked, taken aback for a moment. She had understood him, how?She was so eloquent compared to the other Bugs, was she just that much smarter than they were, or was she dumbing down her pheromones so that he might understand them better? He had made great strides in deciphering their language over the last few days, perhaps he had advanced to a level where he could make sense of the more subtle and complex scents that she.