”“Not the time and place to talk about it?”“Okay; give me a time and a place.”I looked at her and thought “Do I really want to go there”... and then decided to give her what she wanted.“The Hideaway at five-thirty.”“You aren’t just jiving me are you? You will be there?”“I’ll be there.”She left and as she walked away I wondered why I hadn’t just told her it was personal and I wasn’t going to talk about it, but even as I had the thought I knew why I didn’t. The fact that she was in my office waiting. Rather than go back to sleep, I checked the mail. The coded message from Church Camp advised me they had arranged a set of press credentials. It seemed that Ellie the Editor applied for a UN pass for me. Swamp Dog's nerd approved them within an hour. So beginning tomorrow I would be able to attend briefings. That should allow me to make contact with Sarah without raising her suspicions.Jeremy and Alice were doing well and would be up to help in the next few days. I was looking forward to seeing. Should I call him back and find out what he'd been up to or should I ignore it and hope that things would work out in the end?Still dazed I made my way back into the living room. Ben took one look at my expression and was out of his seat and wrapping his arms around me."What's the matter, Marj?" he asked squeezing me tightly."Kevin's been playing around," I said."What do you mean by playing around?" he asked and I blushed."He stinks of..." and I paused and looked at Ben with wide eyes. "There's. " as the two made their waythere."So, yeah Louie.... what are your plans for the fall?" Jennifer asked himonce they got to their private spot at the stadium, where they had donetheir first kiss. "Oh, ummm....not sure....I figured that you and Iwould.... go to college together," Lew spoke up, with eagerness evidentlyin his voice. Jennifer looked over to him, her clear blue eyes and longswept blond hair blowing with a brief gust, then laughed at him. "What'sso funny?" he asked, with a worrying.
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