He had heard it every nightsince he came to this town two nights ago. This time, he was determinedto follow it to its source.He put on a heavy coat to...protect him from the chilly Martian night air.Stepping out of the hotel he had been staying at, he looked up into theclear night sky and noticed that the blazing Earthstar had risen, andhad a moment of silent sadness for his birthplace.He had been doing that every night since a visit from the last rocketship in existence. The crew told him what. A couple of drinks later and we decided to stay and headed to the changing area and were soon stripped off and decorously wearing one of the large towels provided free by the management. Back at the bar we now felt more daring and I was soon nudged by Bernice who whispering pointed out a young guy, probably in his mid-twenties, also d****d in a towel, sat alone at a table in the centre of the bar. Dark haired and well-tanned he was clearly interested in Bernice.“I think that he fancies me, he. ”His words stopped me in my tracks. My boot heels sank an inch into the damp forest floor.Jacob examined my stoic face for a reaction. “Not yours, though?”“I'm liking this,” I finally answered. “A lot. It's just not what I thought I would be doing at thirty-six years old.”“Tramping in the woods on a quest for candy?”“Dating a younger man.”Jacob gasped. “Are we dating?”I groaned at him.He scooped me into his arms. “Think of it this way: you're not old enough to be my mother.”“Technically, you. It turned out that they had a double whammy to deal with. Just this past week, Dave had been offered a two-year post-doctoral research assignment at Harvard, starting next September."There's no way I'm turning that down," he told us all. "But here's the deal. After I'm done with the post-doc assignment, we're moving back to the Philly-South Jersey area. I'll find a job down here. Bank on it." Eileen nodded in full agreement.The plan was for Eileen to finish out the year at the school where she.