“And there are janitors. You only have to clean your own room, not the bathroom and kitchen.”“Not like the former tenants in our house ever clea...ed,” I jabbed.“I agree that ten thousand dollars a year isn’t a bad rate for the services, but it isn’t for a year,” Charmaine continued. “It’s for the school year, September through May. And not even all of that. You can’t stay in the dorm over winter break. There’s a month that the school expects you to go home to mommy like a good little. I want to be pleasing because it makes ME feel good.She glanced in the mirror again as she dried the last toy. She wrapped them up in the spare towel then finished drying herself with the other one.It'll work out. Gary will take care of me. I trust him. I just have to remember that.It was almost lunchtime. Elaine had been folding her clothes after washing and drying them and putting aside her ironing. Fortunately there was little to iron this week and she was going to do it that afternoon. She. It snapped the cord and impacted so hard it shattered and fell to the floor in pieces.“BEVERLY!” He screamed for his secretary.“Yes, boss?” She poked her head around his office door.“Fire Simons! That idiot in Winthrop. Fire the whole damn bunch of them. Terminate them immediately and pay them off. But first, get me one of our local private investigators. One from our ‘preferred’ list. And bring my private bottle, the one you hide in your desk drawer. And two glasses. I’ve got to share this. But againsther better judgment she agreed to go with him. Thewalk over was awkward, Kevin kept trying to keepconversation going, but Emily just kept to herthoughts. “why am I doing this? What do I hope togain?” there was still something about him that madeher want him. Even after all the heartache he caused.She wanted to be his and his alone.When they arrived the place resembled Kevin’s olddorm, messy with a stench of marijuana. Emily hadnever smoked it, she knew Kevin did and.