She gave us her room number and said the dinner was great. She had prime rib or something. She said they were all going over to the lounge for awhile ...and said she would call you shortly after midnight. Dad, can you pick us up a pizza? We'll wait up for you," asked Connie."Okay, order it and I'll pick it up on the way home."They were good kids. Most of the credit goes to Sandy. I might have been the financial supporter, but Sandy was the backbone of the family. She was one special woman.I got. As soon as he saw me he said what the hell.I had my finger up to my mouth saying shhhhhhhh as I didnt want my brother to find out.He kind of stood there staring at me with a puzzled look on his face when we heard my brother yell down the stairs to say he was going to the garage and meet him there.After I heard the door close I let out a little sigh of relief.I pleaded with his friend not to tell my brother and that I was just trying on my Halloween costume, was the best I could think of with. Man!I bet he could put out a campfire with that equipment!The three of us were eating dinner last week, at home for a change, andRomey, who's usually pretty happy and cracking jokes, was pretty quietand looked as though something was bothering him. "So, why the longface," my father eventually asked him."Uh, umm, nothing - everything's, uh, fine," Romey answered in a quietvoice."Yeah?" my father asked. "I've seen people in a Dentist's chair thatlooked happier than you do."Romey just looked at my. Anyway, one day he invited me to come over for a vacation, so I thought, why not? At least I'd have somewhere to stay for free. My wife hardly ever pays me any attention these days and my daughter moved out when she started college. I had plenty of leave at work so what was stopping me?When I arrived, he met me at the airport and he had a few days off so he drove me around, showing me all the sites, introduced me to his pals, we talked about old times. It was great!The night before he had to.