Me speak good your language. Anything, ask me."Helen seemed to Martha to be very much happier than she had any right to be as she said, "I hope I'll b...e able to look after all of you properly. What are your friends' names?"This was obviously beyond Vassily's linguistic powers because he stared at her blankly. Then he looked her up and down as though seeing her for the first time. Evidently, neither he nor any of the other men could believe their luck as they gathered round closer to examine this. "You're going to have to go to St. Louis for a Bureau station change then head up to Chicago for a Homeland Security union arbitration meeting. You'll need support, so advise Wanda. You'll probably be gone two nights, so plan on three. I know you just started your flight training, but this can't be helped. I have to be elsewhere. You know, out of this world and such. I'm sending you files that will get you up to date. Let Wanda put it all together for you." While you're in Chicago, I think they. Come on, we could have fun."Leia started to get the picture. "So, when you saw me, you looked around to see who might be watching? Why? And if you noticed me before, why have you never even nodded to me before? Afraid of what your friends would say?"Brian started to look defensive. "Yeah, like you would be introducing me to the brothers? C'mon, what's the big deal?"Leia burst out laughing. "The 'brothers'? I grew up in the same neighborhood you did and went to the same schools! What 'brothers'. Chapter 2Stella Harris had led a pretty charmed life. The only daughter of wealthy parents, her father being an investment banker, she had been given every opportunity to do well for herself. She went to all the right schools and knowing she would never have to work her parents had allowed her to follow her love of tennis, enabling her to have a very good amateur career. The combination of good looks, a tall and athletic physique and mixing in the right circles had seen her married to her.