It's code for can I get some later. "Yea" I text him back. "Be ready when I get there." He replies. "Ok see you in a bit." I text back. I get up from ...he steps and walk in to the house. I take a shower and get dressed. I don't bother with makeup, cause I know I'll just sweat it off. After I dress I take my phone and go back outside to sit on the steps to wait. I dont have to wait long before I see his truck coming down our road. As he pulls into our driveway, I get up from my seat on the steps.. "I shrugged."I made a smart-assed remark and it backfired," I said."The good news is that Eve has a play date this evening," she said. "If it works out I'll host the little girl on Thursday night. This means you can go to the gym with me."I shook my head."I'm finely honing this body," I said. "Greasy cheeseburgers, greasy French fries, greasy burritos. It is a work in progress and I don't want to ruin perfect roundness with exercise." I'll drive," was all she replied.Our schedule became. We very frankly discussed my wild ways. Now mind you, she didn’t disapprove and even claimed to have done much of what I had. But she also figured out that it was not in her best interest to make it a long term way of life. She decided to look at what was going to be important for her future. She realized she needed a well educated, stable man to provide for her. And that’s what she got. Now boring he was not, but he had that arrogant, self-righteous way a man that knows he will be successful. “All I ever seem to do is spend my entire life in this place.” “Which you absolutely love, and you wouldn’t go anywhere else even if you could, would you Jo?” Suzi turned to Helen. “She always pretends she’d rather be somewhere else, but this is Jo’s life, and she’d be lost if it wasn’t there.” “It must be wonderful to do a job you love,” Helen said diplomatically. “I suppose I can’t complain. I’m Jo Brabham, by the way. I assume you’re one of Suzi’s unfortunate friends?” “I am. Helen Chapman..