Malcolm picked up his sword, feeling comforted by the fit of it in his hand. Straining to listen for any noise that wasn’t of natural origin; he nea...ly jumped out of his skin when the silence was broken by a bloodcurdling scream. His grim smile of satisfaction that someone had stumbled into his trap would have scared anyone who might have seen it.With the scream, surprise on the part of the bandits was no longer possible. Three men ran screaming into the camp with swords raised in the air. They. In the morning I will meet with Colonel Martin and we will work out the details then I'm going home. We will have to decide about furniture and where to put you." I said."Talk to the Colonel first," Osborn suggested."It's late, you should go to bed. I have been sleeping all day, I'm not tired," I suggested without being asked.After they all left, I started a fire in the big stone fireplace. It wasn't really cold just a little chilly. I sat by the fire with Dog. I wondered what the future would. Hub, Lib, Colonel and I sat together. It was well done.We took several pictures with Thornton. Afterwards, Thornton and Eunice came by Colonel's reception before Thornton and Eunice left for Mountain Brook. Libby, Jane, and the McWilliams were at Colonel's reception when we arrived. We took more pictures before Thornton and Eunice left. The Lauders planned their big event to be Colonel's graduation from Ole Miss Law School. They were having a reception for a few of Colonel's friends at. ”“Which would give you good odds of the baby looking like the other kids in the house, albeit with your features, rather than Jessica’s, Kara’s, Elyse’s, or Jennifer’s.”“Exactly,” I said. “We understand about recessive genes, but we like the odds.”“So do I. OK. Let’s go through the consent form. Steve, you won’t sign it because from the perspective of the State, you have no relationship with Michelle or any blood relationship with the child.”“Gwen said that would most likely be the case.”“Does.