A picture of happiness.Rick then helped in the kitchen with the clean up. After, he took me by my hand with a sly smile and we went out for a romantic...walk along the bay. The moon and all the stars were out. It was a beautiful night. People would turn to look at us as we walked hand in hand. We must've looked so happy. "They're looking at you because you look so beautiful tonight baby. "I looked up at him, he was so much taller than me, and I smiled. I wanted to freeze this moment in time.. Did you see the new girl? Damn...the things I'd like to do to that ass..." Matthew's cousin was his total polar opposite in looks. Dark tan skin, dark black hair, dark black eyes, he was Indian looking, and taller than Matt by a few inches, and older than him by a year, but Matt was still the leader in their small group, alpha male if you will. Walking out of the back door Matt just laughed at his cousin's remark on the new girl, cause he was thinking the same thing. "Chill out James, you. I’ll ask the questions, tech’ll be outside, soundproof room so he can’t hear, but he’ll read the tapes. Damn pain in the ass, it all has to be coordinated, but I’ll do it. That do you?”“Yes!” she says in a big explosion of air. “Irving, you’re going to be—”He will not let her continue. “Linda, I’m going down a very long path to satisfy you here,” he says. “I still think you’re full of more shit than a Christmas goose. Dammit, the whole thing is insane. And you have to know you’re done with us. When the facts were clear, I had no trouble foreseeing how our military was going to respond.D.C. remained a virtual prison camp, with blockades, tanks and an armed presence everywhere you looked. The procession that took Polly and Hawk to Arlington National Cemetery looked like a massive war game, instead of a funeral. The five services contributed an extraordinary amount of support to protect those of us willing to brave the potential attacks that seemed to be becoming commonplace. Sam was.