She had done it, so she bowed to Treece and made her way over to the seat next to Admiral Wiggins. When Mary had shaken all the hands of the other top...brass and had gotten settled. Admiral Wiggins slide a piece of paper out of the way exposing three sets of two stars. They were on the table in front of Mary.“What’s this?” Mary asked.“It’s a promotion Rear Admiral!” Admiral Wiggins said with a smile.“What, no fanfare?” Mary blushed.“It becomes a big deal again when you get to four or five of. “Just wow. I’m going to be escorted by two beautiful women tonight and it’s not even my birthday.”“Haha,” Riley says. “You’re going to get laid by two women and it’s not even your birthday!”They head to the restaurant, the same one Justin, Riley and Sola visited previously. They sit at the same table, Justin in the middle, his sister on one side, Lumi on the other.“Zate was telling me a story about an incident at the store,” Justin says to Lumi. “He said he wasn’t there but he had heard about. You don't mind, do you? I figure you're going to tell her all about it in far greater detail anyway."Susan recovered from her initial shock. "That's true. And I don't mind the part about you telling her. But I do mind you just waltzing in without even knocking when Tiger and I were having a very private moment!"Katherine replied, "Sorry. But come on. If he'd been spanking me, and you overheard it, wouldn't your curiosity have gotten to you?"Susan admitted, "I suppose so."Suzanne chuckled. "You. He continually added to it or sold off from it.In the spring of the second year that Art's daughter and husband were living there, 4 years after I'd built my storm shelter, I was sitting out in the lovely evening and heard my neighbors fighting. I could hear breaking glass and banging like pans being thrown. I heard a woman's scream, blood curdling. Then, silence.I watched as the young husband, Ray, ran from the house, looking around seemingly to see if anyone was aware of him, and got in his.