"No Saint to Follow" Part Three (FE1/3/11)

And here we go with Chapter Three, the final prologue-type chapter.  This sets things up for the main storyline to kick in at Chapter Four.

( Welcome to the Occupation )

I clearly am on a Grustian-sympathizer kick.  Hopefully this chapter does express that Melissa's grandmother, though odd, does love the girl (presumably her only remaining relative) dearly and wants what's best for her.  You get three guesses to figure out what happens in the next chapter, and the second two don't count.

I will probably post the first three chapters on ffnet once the mods fulfill my requests to have certain characters added to the drop-down menu.  Title comes from R.E.M.'s "Welcome to the Occupation."