He grinned and said I could help him select something.One thing that worried me, in the run-up to the party, was that Simondidn't seem to be around at...all. Normally we would have breakfast andlunch together. Then we could while-away the days with whatever wefelt like doing. The worry was that for the last few days he didn'tseem to have been around at all. To start off with I hardly noticedas I was busy making friends with Robby. And, as I have told you, Iwas getting so excited about going. I really appreciate it.”Marge said, “Any friend of John’s is a friend of mine.”Nodding, Ed said, “That makes you a very rich woman.”She smiled and said, “Thanks. I’ll see you tomorrow.”Ed asked, “You will?”“I’m going to the funeral.” After they had exchanged parting good wishes, Ed walked down the mall in search of the entrance he had used to get in the mall. Marge opened the envelope and saw the gift certificate. To no one in particular, she said, “Such a nice boy.”Sleeping alone in his hotel. He turned it around and handed it to me. On the bottom he had wrote, witness: Raymond Langston, Sheriff."That's only one witness. It will need two before its legal," I said."I'll get Brenda to sign it when she gets back," he said."Brenda, your secretary," I asked"Hell, she's not my secretary," he said. "She's my stepdaughter. We were going to lunch just as you came in. If there was ever anyone that enjoyed shopping and buying girly things, that would be my Brenda." Thanks Ray," I said. "I owe. Everybody wants away from the snow and cold," Lorrie replied.The loud speaker called passengers to board Atlantic 709. All the baggage had been through the TSA scanners and now the passengers were going through it with the carry-on baggage and the body scanners.The equipment had been installed when the terminal was built and was used very little. This was the first real test and use. DHS was finally getting a return on the salaries of four full time employees assigned at Morton Field.But that.