Maria prepared everything she needed to bring along with her before dressing up. She was going to visit Ben today at his house. He had called to inform her that he would be back in the city but due to her sudden body pains she wasn't able to visit him that day.
Fred had left for the café earlier and he said that he would be back early today. Maria locked the door and took a cab to Ben's place which was not that far from the Friendly Café.
She arrived there and rang the doorbell twice but there wasn't an answer. She waited for a while and began to think that he was not at home but when she wanted to call him, the door slowly opened.
"Why are you here?" Ben asked in a gruff voice without fully opening the door.
"Can I at least come in?" Maria was used to his funny side and had thought he was only trying to pull a joke on her. Ben grunted and shifted a bit to let her in.
