The Veteran Who Thought No One Would Knock — Until the Whole Neighborhood Showed Up at His Door That Halloween Night The house at the end of Maple Ridge Court had always been quiet — the kind of place kids avoided on Halloween. No lights. No pumpkins. Just a single flag hanging limp on the porch, faded by sun and time. Inside, Frank Delaney, sixty-two, sat alone in his recliner, staring at the half-empty candy bowl he’d bought “just in case.” His prosthetic leg leaned against the armrest. The sl