And then I heard him speak."What's going on?" The thump of the duffle bag dropping onto the wooden floor caused me to flinch."What are you doing here?..." I shouted."We had a fire in the dorm so they cancelled classes for a week and told us to find other living quarters. So I came home." Mike's eyes were rapidly moving to the floor and back to me. "I tried calling several times but you never answered so I just hopped in my car and ... Mom, why are you dressed like that?"We were no longer making. We need fresh herbs for our charms, but they are hard to find and expensive when you can,” she told me.“So, you thought you would steal some of mine, did you?” I demanded.“The woman who lived here previously never minded if we picked some of the herbs. She told us that she had more than she needed,” the woman told me.“So, you have been sneaking in here to steal herbs since before my Mother died some seven years ago,” I said.“Well, no one ever complained before,” she told me.“Because I wasn’t. .. Money becomes secondary and the universe always provides us with exactly what we need ... It’s hard to explain, but all I know is, it works... ! Does your husband like what he does... ?“Of course ... he eats dreams and sleeps it 24/7... !”“Exactly, and to him, nothing else matters ... he’s in love with the banking industry.”“Tell me about it ... He makes a hundred and fifty thousand per year ... and then gets a yearly bonus of another three to four hundred thousand... !”“But is he happy.... My eyes followed his gaze, and, sure enough, there was a huge bulge in my pants.“I just gotta pee real bad.” To be honest, I didn’t have to pee. I have no idea why I was hard. I just couldn’t admit that to a guy I had just blown. I’m straight. I’m supposed to be straight.“It’s all good.” He had a comforting tone in his voice that made me ease up. “It’s all good.” I was still lounging on the table, and felt like this cigarette wasn’t long enough. I was trying to process what just happened. I.