Then he'd take advantage of his running base by running the 20 mile in the long distance running category. His reasoning was the mile took stamina and...he had his best shot at finishing in the top 100 in the mile. The 20 mile was a no brainer to Bret. He was fairly certain there were only 100 runners in the Marines that could compete at 12.5 mile and 20 mile distances. Now a finish in the top 100 in either would be a good score. Divided the 100 into two races and the lowest he should finish. Maddy? She wasn't as culpable, but there was enough blame to throw around; she knew about the two of them and let it continue. My soul cankered with the need to lash out at them.Michael? Not so much. He'd done nothing to elicit my wrath except ... be my son. Fall asleep lying on top of me, his little head on my chest, his arms around me, hugging me even in his sleep. Play blocks with me, toss the ball with me, swing on a swing as I pushed him, smile and laugh as I tickled him. No matter that it. David groaned.Louie stepped back. "Well done!" exclaimed Vito praising Louie.Addressing David he spoke in quite a pleasant voice, "I thought it best to give you a demonstration of what will happen if you lie to me, before you say anything. Now what are all these photo's about?"David slowly rolled over and brought his knees up under his body. The ringing in his head had begun to dissipate. He could taste blood, and his couldn't see out of his left eye. Holding onto the chair he lifted himself. By the time we got back to the boat from the airport it was after 11PM, way past my bed time. The girls were tired from their protracted flights – they had missed a connection or they would have arrived before dinner time. I showed them to their quarters, they closed the door and I didn’t see or hear from them until the next morning. I’m an early riser and I was on the computer by 0530. The PC is on the nav table is right outside the guest cabin and I could hear the sound of soft snoring. A.