There were two apartments upstairs and two downstairs. I lived in the upstairs apartment to the left, and Sarah lived across from me. Sarah was a ‘G...th’ of sorts. She always dressed in black and had long black hair and rather severe makeup. She was actually very attractive but always looked somewhat frumpy in the oversized clothing she wore. What impressed me most was that Sarah was a really good cook. Anytime she invited me over for a dinner was a highlight in my existence. Sandwiches and eggs. Although we spend a significant portion of our time in bed, we also enjoyed many of the same movies and could talk about current events, music, and movies. We even talked about past relationships. I told her how Beth and I decided not to pursue a long-distance relationship and about my cheating, drug-using, former girlfriend."I don't know which was worse," I said. "The cheating broke my heart. But to see her in the situation she was in just about killed me. Beth was the first girl I'd gone out. He had tricked me, to get me there just wearing an old short sun dress I like to lounge around the house in. He showed up at my doorstep just after I had gotten home from work and rushed me to go out and watch the game at the sportsbar near the mall. I just had the chance to slip on my flip flops or I would have gone in my bare feet, that's how urgent he made everything. When we got there, his friends were gathered at the back corner table. So much for rushing there to get a table. Every. How did you come by them?”“Were you close with Garrow?”“No.”Noah slipped the man a few bronze coins, while hoping that they were actually worth something that he wasn’t trying to bribe someone with pocket change. “Then I suppose you’re mistaken, right?”Seeming satisfied, the guard pocketed the money and then waved them in and Noah and Tin entered the town. For Noah, it was like he had traveled back in time to Medieval Europe. Peasants walked the muddy road, street vendors tried to sell their.