She got some money out of it since we had such a large down payment. She moved in with her boyfriend Brent into his apartment and according to Evelyn ...hey moved to California as soon as the divorce was final. Marlene did stop by and see the kids and told them she was going to be a movie star. Of course the kids were only a year and a half old and had no idea what she was talking about. Rumor had it that Brent was a waiter between small acting jobs. Most were in commercials and magazine ads.. That's incest." End of discussion. Or was it?Clearly it wasn't, for that was the nidus of our emotional turmoil. That we both wanted to "do it" wasn't the question. We'd confessed that. No, the tension arose from the not knowing. The not knowing in view of the wanting and that nagging voice coming up from the hind brain that repeatedly urged, "Go ahead. Have a bite. It's just an apple."I smiled to myself and thought, "Lead me not into temptation. I know the way myself."Despite that. After paying for the goods Charlie headed out of the shop and made his way back to his flat. He once again collapsed and finally was able to spark up his cigarette. Charlie didn't smoke outside of his flat or when at work. But started forming the habit when he was with his former partner. A wave of calm rolled over him with the first inhale and he felt he could relax properly now. Stubbing out the remains in the ash tray, Charlie heard a knock but it sounded faint. Not at his door but maybe his. I am the woman with the money problem," I admitted. I also nodded to acknowledge Sylvia's presence."It really is a problem you have there and something for which you have to be punished. You want to do a good thing, and we all know that no good deed goes unpunished. Well at least it is tricky to avoid the good deed sanctions. In this new world where we live the government wants to be the only one to look out for the citizens,"he informed me."Yeah the nanny state, and I don't think much of.