"I hardly knew her." Oh let me explain what I think happened. When her husband cut off her access to most of his money, Jessica had already moved into...our place. His plan likely was to force her to get a job. You are the person that all the tenants love, so of course she cried on your shoulder. My guess is you sent her to the Diamond Club right away. Now that she knows, Lois here is going to lean on the club owner. He is going to roll over on you, because he had nothing to do with anything. Her family was mostly of French-Canadian origin, but her Basque grandmother had contributed the genes for Victoria’s black-haired, olive-skinned looks. Although she was good-looking, Victoria had had only two boyfriends in her twenty-two years. She had never been a friendly or personable girl, preferring to roam the fields around her home collecting insect specimens when she was not needed for farm work, or to sit on the weathered porch in front of her father’s white-shingled farmhouse and. “Far be it from me to rush your complete degradation.” He grinned and stood, letting her drop to her hands and knees. Her hope withered, replaced by despair gnawing at her belly. “I will give you some time alone to rest, gather your thoughts, and prepare for our time together. I also want you to examine the paperwork and sign on the dotted line. After all, we want to cross all our t’s and dot all of our i’s.” He leered at her, a look that was full of promise. “But, before all that…” He paused. By the time Christi finished her wine his other table had left. That's when I came up with my plan. I told Christi I needed to go to the restroom. I actually looked for and found Rob. I asked if he could leave when we did and he said yes. He had done all of his required work there. I told him great! Shortly after I got back to the table Rob came by and I asked for the check. I asked him where he lived and he told me. It was in the vicinity of the bar we were planning on going to so I boldly.