He pulled at his tie and adjusted his collar as he lookedout the window for a moment then returned to his seat."You've flown an old lady half way acro...s the country dear. What's onyour mind?" she said."You're not that old," Rick added as she went on."I do so enjoy traveling but you must have brought me here for somethingRichard? She asked in quizzical fashion. "I was sitting at homeenjoying myself, perfectly comfortable in my retirement when youcalled..." "Retirement!?" Rick cut her. How on earth can anyone make me feel this way, he wondered to himself. Maybe he was in love after all. He took his time to put on his coat and sauntered out of the club and took the long meandering route home, smiling to himself all the way. He kept seeing Christie in his mind blowing the kiss to him. The jealousy was bubbling in his stomach more fiercely than ever, but he felt a reassurance about himself and about Christie.He got home and the front door had been left unlocked as agreed. He. Deciding to compromise, he shaved the sides of his cheeks and under his chin, leaving him with a mustache and goatee. He also noticed that the grey hairs he had started to show were gone. He wasn’t sure whether he believed Construct, though; who else could have caused the headache, or stopped it?He went upstairs and got his clothes, kissing Sharley goodbye on the cheek, his reward another “Mmmph,” and with the crystal in his pocket, left for the office.Once he was on the road, he asked. I had fucked up. I had been delayed over forty five minutes because I got into a long dumb conversation with an out of state coach near the dorms. I didn’t have a key and was about to knock when I realized Nora might be sleeping. In the shape she was in, if Nora was sleeping, I really didn’t want to wake her up and hear her shit. She would’ve busted my balls about it for the rest of the week. I would try again tomorrow night. As I walked around the suite heading back up the hill to the dorm I.