"I told them I would see if I could make it. Then I headed back over to the table with Dixie, Joe and Paul. I asked Paul if we could leave the reunion... I have had enough for one evening. Dixie and Joe decided to leave also; the crowd was just staring to much at all of us. I knew we were the topic of all the conversations.Paul and I went up to the room. As soon as we got there Paul wanted to make love. Really all he wanted was sex, so I pulled away telling him that what I need now was love and. Marcie moved away from me as much as she could and said, in a croak, "You mean dead?"I nodded."All three?" asked Silvia.I produced the lieutenant's ring and spun it on the table top. "Recognize this?"She grabbed it. "I gave it to him." You may have it back. He has no use of it where he is." I put my hand back on Marcie's leg, and she trembled. "You three are, I guess, very loyal damsels? King lovers?"They nodded."And you were hoping for some fun, some entertainment?" Go away," said the. He stood, and made his way towards the gate where the passengers would emerge from their ordeal. Just what had happened, he wasn't sure. Something about a delay at one of the lay-over stops.The doors opened, and weary travelers emerged. Some looked dazed, others grumpy. Mostly, they looked glad to be home. She emerged at the end of the throng, as the last of the flight crew ushered everyone off with a wave and a plastic smile. "Bye-bye!"She was even lovelier than he had imagined, since the. The local cops were just about to knock the door when a scream that was suddenly interrupted, came from inside the house. It was not Lily, was the first thought I had. Then I felt almost ashamed as it was clear that somebody had just been hurt. We could hear some muffed yelling follow that scream and then nothing. The cops were just about to crash in when my investigator stepped in."Would it be better to get in silently in situation like this? I guess that if you turn away for a few seconds,.