“you okay” Louise asks.“yeah im fine babe,just tired that's all” i reply “anything new in today” i ask.“yeah Mrs McGirk again,she has a ...ew one for you” Louise says as she works her fingers on the keyboard.I reach for my bag and pull out a bundle of money “that's for yesterday” i say as i toss the bundle onto the desk.“how much did you charge her” Louise asks.“1200 euro” i said as she started to count the 50 euro notes out“and how much do we owe Tomas for his day”“350,i gave him a little bonus. ”His choice of words caused her to glance up at his contemptuous smirk, giving her a shiver of queasy revulsion. But there was no denying his overbearing and brazen aura had caused a flush of goose-bumps to ripple and ruffle the fine, short hairs on the back of her neck. She scurried back to her friends without responding.“What was that all about?” one of them asked, having noted their brief exchange of words.“Worst pick-up spiel ever,” she replied, having sat down and taken a large gulp of her. Her breath remained quickened, her legs occasionally twitching under the covers.Heather stumbled back and fell to the edge of her bed. She let out a ragged sigh and felt as if she had achieved some sort of small victory, even as guilty as it made her feel.Heather draped a hand over her eyes for a moment. What did she just save Melinda from? And how was the alternative better? What if her mother...(The one who sold you into a life of sexual slavery?)"Stop it," Heather growled, her hands slowly. So many old classmates greeting me! And I had a hard time recognizing most of them! Shortly I made it to the Tap Room. There I recognized the woman I walked home from high school for two years. We were never a couple…that was my role in her life then and I had not seen her face to face since then.She was with her (6th) husband Ken. “Joe You recognized me by my boots!” I gave her a look...” No Joan I recognized you by your Facebook pictures”.She obviously set great store in those red cow.