He’d made it to the Field Museum as the guests started to sit down for dinner. Rubbing his jaw, he waited at the main entrance until tables began to fill up. He spotted Jake and Suze seated at the table closest to the podium. He checked his pocket to make sure his index cards were still there. He’d memorized his speech, but liked to keep his cards handy. He walked past Sue the T-Rex and waved at her. “Hello, beautiful.” “She’s way too old for you,” Kate said, as she came up to him and hooked her arm around his elbow. “Where have you been? I love Jake and Suze, but I was beginning to feel left out. You, my friend, have a lot of explaining to do.” “What do you mean?” “Your brother and his wife are refusing to tell me anything about what’s been happening here in Chicago, with you, since I’ve been in England. They are whispering and giggling like two little kids. And the only thing I can get out of them is something about a woman.”
