"Armstrong looked into the face of the woman as he reached up and calmly removed her hands from his shoulders and said loudly but evenly, "SIT DOWN!" ...hen she did he continued. "I think that if you'll throw one final party for me, we'll call it a thank-you party, I will be able to offer your mother that and more."Sherman Armstrong stopped to allow the effect of what he'd just said to hit home. It gave me the chance to update the conversation so far, and my brother a chance to offer an. Not much of a say, but a say. Of sorts.”“Okay, okay, I’ll come. I suppose I could get you another birthday present too.”“You don’t have to do that. You’ve already bought me the earrings.”“I know I don’t have to, just like you don’t have to buy me a new outfit, but I want to. Okay?”“Okay.”“I think I should go home and change first, though.”She nodded her agreement and after a few seconds of looking thoughtful, she added, “Perhaps while we’re there it might be worthwhile packing up some of your. Nearly twenty minutes later I'd had enough standing around, and, resisting the blandishments of the various Pakistanis to partake of their somewhat ill-looking water ice, decided to walk to the hotel. Getting directions from the few local residents who seemed to be alert enough to tell, I followed my nose and the random automobile part until I could see the hotel about three blocks in the distance. As I looked around, I realized that Braazaville was full of buildings that were in the midst of. Madison remembered the name and model on the keypad that Ingles has in the closet just inside the front door. Haskins has been practicing on a similar unit, and can have it bypassed in ten seconds. He can bypass a system he's not that familiar with in less than thirty seconds. This system has a thirty-second period after opening the front door to allow for the code to be entered, but if Ingles has changed the code, it won't make any difference to Haskins; just take a few seconds.