A few ‘harvest’ touches got added here and there – a cornucopia on the dining room table, and few colored leaves on some of the tabletops for co...lor. The pumpkins to celebrate Halloween were retained.I never minded when the girls decorated. Given that there were five of them, they’d been amazingly solicitous of keeping my décor preserved and always looking neat. Papers, hobbies, and projects never seemed to clutter up what they’d decided was the public space. Nothing more than a single book or. Rain threatened and mist strung itself along the hilltops. Buck scratched his nuts contentedly and sighed at the thought of being back in territory he’d not really forgotten after all. He had his window down and could almost smell the atmosphere of inevitability of life destined to be going nowhere, or at least nowhere fast, so much unlike the corporate rat race. ‘God thanks for making me do the sensible thing by coming back here to refresh and get my life back,’ he grinned, wondering why he. "My reaction was to pull my student driver's license and show it to him."Geez," he said.My cellphone rang. I pulled it out. Susan. I didn't need to look. She's got her own ring tone like all of us do. "Hi, Susan," I said. "Where are y'all?" Turning onto the side street," she said. "Come meet us." That's our ride," I said.I stood up. "Nice meeting you, Justin. I suppose we'll see you around." Justin's in and out," Jeffrey said. "Summer semester. Catching up." Oh," I said. "We're going to have a. For once they were speechless, a situation very rare in its occurrence. “Actually guys, I have a busy day planned. I have to go in and pick up my car from the dealership, then straight back here. I’ve got a heap of things packed away in boxes in the container out front that I want to get organised. I’m also going to hit the bookstores.” I shot a meaningful glance Stevie’s way before continuing. “I’m not sure when I’ll actually get to read a book again but I suppose there’s no harm in seeing.