"About a half hour later there was a knock at my door and I let Virginia (Tammy's Mom) in, and we adjourned to the kitchen. I fixed us both a cup of c...offee and we sat down at the table. She sat there, silent for a while, sipping her coffee with a pensive look on her face. She set the cup down and after folding her hands, she started to speak."Greg, I've noticed that Tammy's been acting strange the past few weeks. Yesterday when she came home from your house, she seemed to be in a daze, walking. ‘It sounds great. But I’ll have to think about it. I’ve got a great team and situation in Midtown.’ ‘Tell you what.’ Janet said. ‘Let’s go talk to the Chief, who is a good friend of old Chief Griswold, then you can meet the people here. And then you can make your decision. I know it won’t be easy to uproot from Midtown, but don’t close the door on us yet.’ ‘Oh, I’m not doing that.’ Molly said. ‘I think it could be a really great thing.’ With that, Janet led Molly to the Chief’s office… Part 3 –. Closing the gate behind us, I lifted it up to hook the latch, feeling the rough, damp wood under my fingers, a sharp contrast to the warm, smooth artifice of the barrier next door. And although the latch was held on now with just one screw, and a screw I had to twist back into the rotting post before it was secure, somehow, it felt stronger and more permanent than the flimsy faux wood newly installed on the other side of the hedge. This one had a past. The post bearing the scars of several. ." Dad said voicing his opinion. "Something tells me, this vacations about to get a bit more expensive." Why do you say that?" I asked."I've seen that look in your mother's eyes too many times before. Whenever I do ... I know it's going to cost me something. And especially the way they're all sitting there huddled up together. They're up to something ... that's for damn sure." There was laughter then, and hugs all around amongst the girls. They soon came wandering back towards us, though as mom.