His mother suffered from a nervous breakdown that she never recovered from. It was as if she just gave up on living. Two months later, his grandmother...had a heart attack and passed away in the hospital.There was no money. His grandmother had mortgaged her house to pay for his mother's legal expenses and what little money was left went to pay for the two funerals.Charlie was alone. No money, no relatives, no friends, and no place to live.The job market was tight. He was over educated for most. I thought the days of the scarlet "A" were over, but friends that did not disappear, all seemed to take his side. When we split, I thought "my" people would go with me. I tried to surround myself with people who could see me for me, but it is hard, as all I seemed to attract were other cheating divorcees, or sleazy married men looking for a quick screw.I cannot believe how tight money is. Neither one of us were millionaires, and even with the child support my standard of living has really. Aval kilambum pozhuthu kaathaliyai kati pidithu ithazhil mutham koduthaan.Aval avanai mutham kodukum pozhuthu ennai kaamamaaga paarthu kondu irunthaal, pinbu ennaku aval avanuku mutham kodupathu pidika villai thanaal naan athai paarthum paarkaathathumaaga irunthen.Pinbu avan sendrathum en arugil aval amarnthaal aanal naan ena seivathu endru thariyaamal avalidam mugam kodukaamal irunthen.Aval mulai en kiayil padum padi amarnthaal, naan kaiyai nagarthinen udane en kanathai pidithu mutham koduka. He turned and spoke something to her quickly and the manner in which she slowly rose back up told me the answer had not changed. I began to quietly weep.Shelley walked the distance of the bus back to me as some of the other girls looked up at her as she went by. Their eyes followed her a short way but quickly returned to their card games. She gently sat down next to me and hissed, "the son-of-a-bitch won't do it. He won't stop." Hearing her terrible confirmation made me begin to sob harder even.