Mirriam said she’d cook extra food, but that the table wouldn’t hold both the boarders and all of them. They told her they’d come get it and eat...in the barn.Bobby got home around nine. Once again he was trying to avoid the twins. He’d been done with his work at five and then driven to the lake, where he threw rocks into the water for an hour. Then he went to the Wagon Wheel and had supper. He was glad Jill wasn’t there. Sal was his old self, and Bobby felt cheered up when he left.It was for. " "Excellent, you're making progress. Are you ready to go to the store?" "Yeah, I am." Mel drove the Jeep. We went to the supermarket we'd passed the previous day. On the way I told Mel about Ruth and David. She was fascinated and eager to discuss their situation while we had cocktails on the veranda that evening. Jim Michael's Volvo passed us while we were carrying the groceries in from the car. I glanced at my watch. His session with Amy had lasted for just over an hour. As we were unpacking. And the one thing that I was sure of was that she was brilliant. Her publication record was better than mine, even though she was younger. And she had already established her reputation at a world-class university.So, I asked the clichéd question, “What is a smart girl like you doing in a place like this??” I mean Farmingdale isn’t exactly Cambridge, Massachusetts.She smiled a little embarrassed and said, “I wanted to try someplace different. Preferably on the other side of the world.” I didn’t. " Carly shyly said as she sat down at the table where Mel was sitting."Yeah." Mel replied with a smile as she nervously shifted her weight in her chair."So about last night." Carly started. "It was great." She whispered. "It was the best night of my entire life."It was the words that Melanie had been wanting to hear but she could sense that "but" coming next."But I'm so confused." Carly admitted with her head down."I don't want you to feel like that, Carls." Melanie said to her. "What can I do.