The Colonel just stared at him for a few minutes. He began talking in almost a whisper. Even I was having trouble hearing him."The last time we saw ea...h other, you wore a Brigadier's patch. I was quite impressed as to how quickly you had come up in the world ... seeing, as did everyone who had met you, knew you to be an utter fool. You gave me a spiel about my doing my duty for my country, and that I had been selected to run a Special Forces team to all parts of the world. You expected me to. She was surprised, but said to get a commitment for any night at all, just give her an appropriate heads up.Katie thought I was up to something, so on the way to school together, I explained the meeting I wanted to have with the powers that be at both schools ASAP. I gave her the details and she said, “I didn’t think you would be so nefarious Michael ... I am in.”I gave my girl a kiss and planned the meeting, discussing the idea with Paul and Cece. We high-fived each other with Cece saying the. Shewent to use his, and he was all alone. The phone rang and he answered it. It was a man and he soundedmighty upset and demanded to be put through to the boss right away.He pushed the transfer button and saw that Sherry had answered it.He hoped she would understand. He saw the light on the phone go out and Sherry came out of hisoffice right away. She told him who it was and what his problemwas. She told him she got him settled down and he had placed abigger order than he had ever placed. ." She swallowed, and Adam had to leave before he took it all back. He still loved his mother, but the words had needed to be said. He slammed the door behind him, and regretted that he still didn't have a lock on it.Throwing himself down on his bed, he fumed over his mother's arrogance. It was bad enough that she had left him alone for all that time, but to then treat him like he was just a kid when she finally did notice him was too much. She sure hadn't treated him like a kid last time they.