She doesn’t ask what is wrong and he doesn’t volunteer any answers. Instead she tiptoes around him and serves him dinner. He eats and responds to ...er small talk with grunts. Then he spies the want ads. ‘What are you looking for?’ he asks. ‘Oh, just seeing what the job market is for lawyers down here,’ she says. ‘Looks like a lot of corporate law.’ He looks up and there is a scowl on his face. ‘Don’t tell me you want to go back to work?’ She shrinks a little at his gaze but still answers. ‘Well,. What the hell? I would stay close to home. My family all say ‘Roll Tide.’ I Stay with the man I love, but nope… one Friday night in the state playoffs, senior year, after we won a game… I caught him cheating with another cheerleader,” Lauren said, reliving the memory. Jezebel was quietly in the background listening to the story again. Lauren almost reminded her of herself in some ways. Fancy was speechless. All she could say was:“Damn.”“I know, right? And that’s not even the half of it. After. I am sure I won't change my mind though Jeffrey." Ashley said. Ashley left our apartment drunk. We had called a cab for her to take her back to Mike's house where he would take care of her. "Girls, it's been a long day, I'm going to sleep." I said. "Yea I hear ya Jeff." Nancy said. I held onto the girls back and walked into our bedroom. We got into our pajamas and fell asleep.We woke up and there was a knock at the door. We knew who it was. We opened the door and in walked Ashley. She walked in. What in hell was possessing him that afternoon? Then with the blood pumping hard through his body, he made the rest of his trek—to the address he’d been given on West 3rd. Girl, this had better be worth the build-up, that’s all I’m sayin’.Granite steps led up to pristine brickwork on a street that was lined with alder trees. Prime real estate. So how exactly did struggling artists afford the rent this kind of neighbourhood would command? Jared had never been quite clear on that.He checked his.