Carrying the bag over hershoulder her walked down the platform, stopping briefly to hand overthe ticket Robert had sent her in the letter, to the stat...on master.Looking up she saw a handsome man in his mid forties looking at her andwith a brief smile Christine know it was Robert.'Hello, wonderful you could make it.' said Robert.'It's nice to be here.' replied Christine as Robert took the bag fromher and then led the way out to his car.Once in the car Christine leaned cross and kissed Robert, he. At the top she greeted him with a quizzical look. He smiled broadly and presented the basket to her as though she were an empress and he - one of her lowliest vassals.“See – oorchins!”She took the basket from him and stared at the hapless sea creatures. The urchins’ spines; moved slowly and with perplexity as they found themselves unaccountably out of water. They had seemed brown from a distance but were in fact a variety of colours; ranging from purple to a muted green. Instinctively Carlo. Outside it was raining.We meet at Egan’s again and I tell them I need more time. Everyone is okay with it. Taking our time is our default mode. I spend most of the night eating duck sandwiches with some kind of cream sauce. It’s delicious. I think about Dylan’s bald head and how Egan has always had his awkward ear-length hair, how Shannon is always about 10 lbs heavy, according to her. She can eat as little or much as she wishes and it won’t change, except by one day’s worth. What would it be. "What was that?" His Mom call out from the TV room.Without answering he poured the popcorn into a bowl,soaked it in melted butter, and walked into the otherroom. His Mom was taking up the whole couch. She waslaying on her side, her head resting on her forearm."Where am I supposed to sit?" Mikey asked, feigningplayfulness, but actually quite concerned with thesituation because of these unwanted sexual feelingshe'd been having about his Mom."Oh, Come on," she smiled playfully. "You used tocuddle.