We all went with him to the funeral when she passed the next year. He was surprised by the size of the turnout, but she had been a very popular woman.... He renewed friendships with cousins he hadn’t seen in twenty years. The most moving part of the service was when he got up and sang ‘Itsy Bitsy Spider’, looking at her coffin the whole time. Any eyes that were dry quickly watered.Things settled down for awhile, and wedding plans were completed. We invited very few people. I flew my grandmother. Howie was in the second chopper as part of the roof assault team. Then this afternoon he was on one of the ground teams. This was one of the changes for this group; they were going to get to experience both ground assault and aerial assault.Since there were no Rochester guys to be bad guys, I had to be creative. That meant that Vicky, Ching Lee, Mark and several guys from the aircraft shop got to be bad guys. Vicky and Ching Lee were pumped at being bad guys.Another thing that Ching Lee and. The next four hours were an ordeal, as the FBI wanted every possible shred of information we could offer to help them discover Andrea’s enemies.We were finally released from the torture of questioning and heard nothing for a couple of weeks. One afternoon, two very well dressed federal agents met with Andrea, and she seemed to close in on herself after they left. Eventually some new bodyguards showed up and a few weeks later things seemed to settle down. Andrea was not a good enemy, and I had. And believe me, it did NOT go un-noticed. The questioning looks and smiles were bad enough, but the actual questions became tedious, especially from Jules. Oh MY GOD! She would NOT let it go! “Hey buddy…” She stopped me taking my chin in her hand and turning my face so she could get a better look at my reddened cheek. “Was it at least worth it?” She added smiling like the Cheshire cat. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said pulling from her grasp and trying to.