It had not been easy. Instead of saying I wanted to invest in flat panel LCD displays, I had to couch it in terms of describing a screen for a laptop....LCD’s had not been commercialized, yet. She had taken to calling it my shopping list.“Specifically?” I asked.“Expansion,” she said as she sat down across from me.“Expansion?”“This list is not manageable by our current staff and processes. Do you realize how much effort it takes to follow up on leads and suggestions? If this were a real shopping. Adam followed a few steps behind as she was taken to a small whitewashed room with a bed in the middle and a couple of chairs dotted around the spartan delivery suite. Tabitha stripped the moment she arrived as the midwife came into the room holding a gown in her hands. "Are we OK to call you Tabitha, dear?" The young lady asked and Tabitha nodded."Are you coming in?" The midwife asked Adam hovering in the door and still holding the pink hold-all. She looked at Tabitha who nodded."I'm just. How she missed being a goddess.The doors slammed shut, and the guards had vanished behind them, leaving her in the room. A bedroom, with a gorgeous canopy bed that was large enough to fill a college dorm. She sheets were red, and the blanket was velvet. Normally, they were silver, with satin sheets. “The concept of baseball hasn’t been lost on you, is it?”A voice rang out to a chair in the corner of the room, half-engulfed by the darkness. She didn’t turn to face the voice. She knew that voice. Looking at them and then at Ed, her heart began to pound while tears pooled in her eyes. Hugging him, she cried, “I’m going to miss you.”“I know, but you’re going to be very busy over the next few months. Once things settle down, you can come visit me. Besides, you never know who might drop by while you are unpacking,” replied Ed as he hugged her back. He was already trying to think of a housewarming present that would be appropriate for a fellow rock hound.Breaking the hug, Nora went to the.