When they had eaten & drunk their coffee, Andy's friends said they were going. I started clearing the mugs & plates to the kitchen , I heard them shou... goodbye & the front door close. When I went back into the sitting room John was half asleep & to my surprise Andy was still there. He said I think John will need a hand to get upstairs to bed. I said I will manage but Andy insisted on helping. So Andy got hold of John & we helped him upstairs onto our bed I undid Johns jeans & pulled them off. I also had her take a flyer on IBM. None of these were going to make us any money in the short run, but my 10 years in the future information showed these all to be good choices.I now had to get my ass in gear and pick some stocks which would pay off in the short run. I found five which I thought looked good, so I asked Mother to buy 100 shares of each. These had to pay off pretty quick or Dad would have to cash in some of his Series E savings bonds he had bought while he was in the Army in. Hang on again." He could hear Rob tell someone in the background, "He and the boys are OK, Julie's probably dead." He could hear sad sounds in the background for a moment before Rob came back on and said, "Michelle and Royce and Linda and I are here in my apartment; they're just as sorry as I am to hear about Julie. Where are you?" With an old high school friend on Staten Island. She and another old friend tracked the boys and me down. They brought us here. Is everybody else all right?" We. His thoughts wandered to the hotelroom he had reserved, the hot tub and the large, king-sized bed. He also couldhear the water hitting the beach as the breeze off the ocean would come throughthe room. Janet rested her head against Ben's shoulder and closed her eyes. She wastired now, which was to be expected. They both knew her energy came and went.The car lulled her like a baby. The warmth of his body kept her company inher dreams. It was not long before she felt the car stop. Ben kissed her.