Jamie?”“Because Elyse didn’t cash the check for the retainer, on my advice, you could tear up the contract now with no negative repercussions. H... could, of course, try to sue, but he’d have no case. Courts rarely order specific performance, and in this case, there would be no possible monetary damages. He could make trouble, but nothing else. So, my opinion is that you have a free hand here.”“Did anyone make any representation to Mr. Puccini that Steve would work on the custom programming?”. The washing isn’t her main income, but it is a nice bit of extra income to make life a little easier for her and her family.Ten minutes later Mort is at the sports centre getting his exercise in. Back to the hotel, a hot bath, clean clothes, and over to Kevin’s for his dinner. Tonight Jenny doesn’t even bring a menu out to him, but she does stop to talk with him about what they’ll be doing tomorrow. She tells him when and where to meet to take her to church and where they’ll go for their picnic. I lay back, peaceful now, I was ready. I stared at it, my decision, my power. I love the feeling of power, only one man was ever my equal, and he was gone. I started to slip the needle into my arm, and suddenly Ted’s voice said, ‘NO!! Don’t you do that!!’ I sat straight up with a splash, knocking soap bottles off the side of the bath. I dropped the syringe into the tub, thinking crazily that now it was contaminated and I would need a new one. I looked around, fully expecting Ted to be standing. Lauren seemed to not notice, and gave him a small smile.“Hey,” she quietly said.“Hey.” Ken chuckled. “So you do smoke.”“Not really,” Lauren replied, pulling out a packet of cigarettes and sticking one in her mouth. “It’s just nice to get the time off.”“Then why…”Lauren winked at him, the cigarette remaining in his mouth, unlit. Ken smiled in understanding.“So you like to break the rules?” Ken asked her.“Only when the rules are stupid,” she answered. “Honestly? The place isn’t good. If the till.