He didn’t make any comment, but put it into the back of his mind and did wonder if George would eventually spill and inform him of his progress. The...meeting ended. “I won’t be coming for coffee”, he told those that regularly spend some time at the coffee lounge in the shopping complex. “I have another appointment”.With the coffee ritual behind them George and Elizabeth began to journey back to her unit. ‘What was her next move?’ he thought to himself for he knew that Richard had been invited in. And it was sweet too." Cool! Is there any left?" I ah..."Karen more or less made it appear to be an accident as she not too gently nudged me in the ribs, which caused me to breathe out a lung full of air and rethink what I was saying, while she went back to her studies."No. There's none left." Oh well. Did you and Karen have a little talk about Melanie yet?" Umm, concerning what?" You know, what you and I talked about the other day?" Oh, yeah. About us kissing. I told her." And, you're okay. He paused to increase the drama of the moment. ‘It’s because I was lousy at it!’ he yelled out in boisterous laughter. As serious questions were dealt with, Bubba liked to cast them aside with some sort of joke and James only wondered if he was really paying enough attention to the road as he enjoyed the stage. James looked out at the Blue Ridge Mountains as they cruised north along I-77, keeping a lookout for the I-79 cutoff. They were on their way to Pittsburgh, towing a refrigerated trailer. No, I wish I could have thrown it over the edge and watch it crash to the ground sixty-three floors down!"Can I help?" I asked."Naw, just need to pick up the milk and yogurt, then we can get this show on the road."I quickly went to the bathroom to see if I needed to change anything. I transferred my wallet from my clutch to the little black purse I had used yesterday and returned to the kitchen only to find Brad by the front door. He looked at me with a little smile. "You look fine, honest!".