It was only a year ago that she took over her father’s pawn shop after he passed away and left it to her. He had taught her about the business and e...en left notes on how to handle some of the more complicated procedures. The shop had a couple of experienced managers as well and they were very helpful in keeping the shop going. It was Monday morning yet again and the start of another long work week. Amber stood in front of the mirror, fresh out of the shower and ran the comb through long. Vera sighed putting the controller down "I want to take a break for now." Vera said"Alright." I said just a little nervous. Vera threw her arms behind her head and looked at the ceiling like she was mulling something over "So what now?" She asked turning to meVera was throwing me nothing but curve balls all day "Wah? I-I uh... well-" -Come on, you've got a funny video or something right?" Vera asked"Uh I guess." I said bringing up youtube putting on the first video in my playlist. My blood went. What the fuck? Colleen had always said she hated guys with blond hair? Gordon’s head swirled, the pit of his stomach turning, and he wanted to get sick. His wife had spun a web of lies to cover up her affair, but now she was flaunting it before the whole world. She had humiliated him in front of all their friends, but more importantly he was humiliated in front of all his clients. What would they think? Was he ruined? He was the ‘king of spin’, but would this be his downfall? LA was a town of. This species had been declining for nearly a million years. They had shrunk in numbers to a tenth of their original numbers. They could not find the reason. They could reproduce by cloning but felt they needed to move on and start again. They had become infertile and wanted to pass on what they knew. They were a highly advanced society. They had helped other societies in the past and agreed only to help if the originators would do it their way. They provided education machines with values and.