Ill pay for the coffee, I said, standing up and going to the counter. I glanced back and could see David still talking animatedly to my wife. I wonder...d what he was telling her now. Having paid for the coffees, we all made ready to leave. All three of us knew that we were going to Davids apartment, though none of us had actually said so. Out in the street, David hailed a cab and he gave the address to the driver as we all got in. The journey took only a matter of minutes as our destination was. "I know what those are. My mother has a collection of pictures. She collects the advertisements for those. Someday she wants one," Laura ended lamely, suddenly aware of how poor that made her parents look."My mother has some. I'll have to show you!" Pete said enthusiastically, then went on to the surprise toward which he had been building. He had actually gone to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He had seen the first baseball diamond and had listened enthralled to Babe Ruth's voice, which they had on. As for Bob, he really didn't have any crushing concerns. As far as he was concerned, life was wonderful. He wished Kendra would decide to marry him, but she obviously wasn't going anywhere, so he still felt secure in the relationship.He should have known better. A lowly Doctor of English Literature doesn't get a social invite from the president of a prestigious university for no reason, such as it's his turn on the rotation.The purpose for that invitation was not immediately made known when Bob. Marie felt a little uneasy because she suddenly realized that no one knew where she was, and that Brad might become violent and harm her.As if he had read her mind, Brad smiled and told her to make herself comfortable. Marie sat on the same armchair where she had sat before. She wondered if Brad was going to talk about why Jane had decided to stop seeing him, but he said nothing about that. Instead, he asked Marie why she had agreed to come to him.Marie knew the answer was that she longed for.