I pretended to be offended, saying that I wasn’t that old, but she laughed and said, no, I had grown up very well. As the meal ended, I made a shor... speech and toast to my parents, and then a short list of family and friends gave accolades and anecdotes about the influence that they had had upon their lives. Susan was the last to speak, and simply said that my mother had been both big sister and surrogate mother, and whilst she felt that she hadn’t always been the person my mother would have. The section where they were confined was opened and they freely travelled within this area. Moore gave orders to protect him and this worked for a while, till the rest saw how bad of a person he was. The businessmen fought amongst themselves as they found out how each had conspired against the other in various ways. Their own egos were what drove many to physical violence.Their present dilemma was discussed and still unknowing of the television, planned new ways to sway the gullible. Before Molly even served him with papers. I’m sure Molly didn’t know in advance about Jenny trying to burn down the business. Molly may be a bitch, but she’s definitely honest and not stupid. When I asked Dom DiBlasio, our rough-tough DA, about the fire, he told me Swede Swenson’s people hadn’t left him enough evidence to convict Jenny for jaywalking. His best assistant DA was Jenny’s middle son Romie (ADA Romualdo Mastrantonio), and even if Dom had evidence he couldn’t have Romie anywhere near. Terry announced she wanted to try the wine. Adam gave her a half cup full too. The boys and Olivia each took a beer.We talked for about an hour. Terry and I finished off the bottle of wine. Everyone else had two beers. Olivia suggested we all go down and body surf. The kids took off their jackets. Olivia and Tom ran hand-in-hand and were the first in the surf. Terry leaned on Bob with her arm around him chattering away as they headed toward the water. Adam helped me up. I unbuttoned and took.