"‏Hey girl, what you doing here so early, ‭" I asked."‏I have a meeting at 1pm with some guy who thinks he needs a female body guard for some re...son. I have no idea why he called me. I never tell anyone that I am a body guard, ‭" Maxine said."‏Hell Max, seems like you or I are in the paper every week. People call me now wanting to know how to get in touch with you. Ginger says we are going to have to charge you for her time, ‭" I suggested."‏My ass, just hang up on them, most of them just want. Adam was lucky in one respect, though; he was able to work from his home office for these calls. This meant that as soon as he was done with the call, he could relax for a bit before preparing dinner for himself and his wife, Mary.As if on cue, Mary breezed in the door from her day at work and shouted, “Honey, I’m home!” It was a long-standing joke between the two, and Adam never failed to chuckle. Mary entered Adam’s home office and gave him a little rub on the shoulder and kiss on the cheek.. Now, I would be lucky if it remained my only home. The power and phone bills joined the mortgage at the top of the stack. The three persistent medical bills, MasterCard and the locksmith bill to the bottom. ‘Mom, dinner’s ready,’ Natalie yelled from the front door. I snapped the letters to my side, hiding the obnoxious red lettering. Sixteen, with all the problems of high school on her shoulders, she had grown up too fast without her father. She had been Tom’s angel, almost to the point of. Dee could almost hear some hearts beating. “Ok, settle down….” The first to have ‘her’ review was Alexi: “Alexi, I know it’s been two weeks and you have been really trying, but you chipped that crystal glass that was a present from Warner, and those stingy bastards never give anything away! That thing was kind of like a damn trophy to me.” With resignation Alexi hung her head. Terri, the next sissy in line looked up with uncertainty. “Terri, your housework is impeccable. You have made an.