It was becoming clear someone had just thrown a bag of flaming excrement at the front door of the Murphy residence.It exploded and stuck in the screen... and the lighting of the bag did not work as intended. It extinguished itself upon impact. Perhaps it was lit and thrown too soon.Raymond quickly opened the door and jumped over the remains of the bag of feces sitting on the porch. He was followed closely behind by Tim, and both were looking down the street to see if they could identify the. Charlie was dubious about leaving Spear in charge of the dinner table, even for one meal but I talked him into sitting with me at the officer's table and letting Spear be in charge. Adam Corning and the other members of the Colonel's advisory staff welcomed Charlie to the table and then let us talk privately."How many colleges have you applied to?" I opened the conversation."None yet but I have three in mind. Why do you ask? How many have you applied to?" None yet but I know where I'm going. We. As he stands back up she says ya might want to wipe off my lipstick so the guys dont think you spent the day fooling around . he smiles an walks back to his cruiser . as she pulls off she smiles an thiinks , wow that was different . maybe this day will be better after all . after another ten minuets in her car , the broken down no ac peice of crap that it is she finally reaches her destination . the Mall . people are scurring about from sale to sale . to oblivious to pay her any mind with the. She had an idea of just how she was going to spend some nice long quality time with Grant and she could hardly wait until tomorrow. *** ‘Mimi! Colonel!’ Grant rushed to his grandparents and gave them a big hug. This was quite a surprise! He had expected to see his Mom and Dad, not his grandparents, but he was happy nonetheless. Mimi and The Colonel had been the people to go to with his problems when he was a kid. They just seemed to understand. ‘Granty!’ Mimi kissed him on the cheek then sat.