"You go out and have fun. I'll probably just take a bath and try to get some rest." "Alright. I'll go then", Alex said. Now, here he sat, with his fri...nd at their favorite bar. "So, how's life treating you", Tyler asked. "Pretty good. College is going well and I actually have a pretty amazing woman in my life", Alex said. "Yeah, your mother", Tyler teased, punching his friend's arm.Alex just rolled his eyes, knowing he had to deflect the question. "Fuck you. My mother is amazing. You just wish. I was the worst of all. Two double-doubles with cheese, extra onions, animal style fries, and a coke. Yeah, two cheeseburgers. So sue me.“I don’t know how you can eat so much,” Rita said jealously. “What the hell do you even do?”“I work out,” I said. What a stupid question.Addie was back on her phone.“Hey, boyfriend’s at the grocery store,” she said. “He just checked in at Vons.”“What?” I peered over her shoulder to look at her phone. She was right.“Great. He was supposed to be sleeping.”“Call. Weinstein grabs the headlines while DC is gutting our reproductive rights. And they just rolled back sexual assault investigations at schools. Giving the fucking rapists more rights.”Vanessa said, “Blaming the victims.”Louie-Louie brought us more drinks. Just in time. Tanqueray for Gertie, another bottle of red for the rest of us. The Creste, a lovely Sangiovese from Puglia.I spoke to Pilar, “Right now women have momentum, energy, moral weight, added visibility. But what don’t we have?. The wall would need two coats of paint and that meant she could tease him for hours. But she was running out of time. She needed to get it done soon.She put the list down and got ready to go to work. Sever cut business suit and shoes with a two-inch heel. Hair up in an unbecoming bun and almost no make up. A last minute smile as she put her underpants in her purse and then she left the house.There had been a change over the last week. It was almost as if the men who rode the train with her.