okay , honey bunny , you get some sleep , he said and left the bedroom . the two of them reached the stairs up from the beach and took their concrete steps up to the road . officer warren nervously bit his fingers , and clumsily dug out his notebook from his pocket , popping a ball pen from his coat . he stabbed at the papers with one long fingernail . a spray of red , blue , and yellow lights burst into the dark sky , coloring everything below . 