’ As women do sometimes the shift in topics was sudden. ‘Do you think Mom will ever be Ok?’ ‘Maybe, if she would get help. Grandma’s family ...nd lots of people in the church have an aversion to psychologists and shrinks so she may never be willing to get any help. Without help, no, I don’t believe she’ll ever get better.’ ‘You still love her, don’t you?’ ‘Of course. The lesson is that love isn’t enough. I started loving her when I was in the Air Force and we shared our lives. Lots of shared life. "Maybe something can be done there. Do you have a job?" Uh no, not yet." Do you want to work for me? I still need help here. Ordering goods,taking inventory, billing, running errands, cleaning the shop andthings like that. As a deposit you will receive a complete outfit fromme, including the shoes. You can sign right away. An applicantcancelled on me yesterday, I have all the documents ready." She lookedat him with a hopeful smile.Wow a complete outfit from this shop and then work with this. “Probably, huh? That sounds really nice, but I’d better not, especially if it was Corey that vandalized your mailbox. No sense in risking him escalating things.”I’d been pretty sure that would be her response, but I’d tried. “I figured you’d say that; just remember that if we do that we’re letting him control us, and I know neither of us wants that.”“I know. And while I agree that it might be good to get him out into the open, I need some time to come to grips with that, and with what it might. She wore an off the shoulder top and designer distressed jeans, with her hair feathered out. Avery looked like a normal girl, possibly even cool. Older but much closer to her age than she first thought. When she first met her, she thought maybe she and her uncle had a thing, but now she looked too young for him, like maybe college aged.Nicole tried to spark up small talk, but Avery wasn’t really responsive. Instead as soon as they got in the limo, she got on her phone and started making.