I then told them that I didn't want to go to the local college any more as Dad would probably try to follow me again! We decided that as Dad didn't kn...w where we now lived, that the next day we would go and change our cars, but that as he knew our old ones, we would just leave them on his driveway with the titles. We also decided that College was important, and that we would try to change my enrolment to one 40 miles away! Stella reasoned that with $42 million in the bank, gas money would not. ”Suddenly Elam began scrambling, trying to stand up and get his pants up at the same time. “Jeeze, I forgot the time. My mom’s gonna be home any minute.”He pulled Cong onto his feet and they both got back into their clothes in minutes.“I want you to meet my mom, but maybe not now. Okay?” He’d put his hand on Cong’s back and was urging him for the back door.“Can we get together again?” Cong asked as they went through the kitchen.“Sure. Okay. Maybe tomorrow,” Elam said, hurriedly.“No, I’ve got a. Grant knocked on the door."Hi there Amber. Time to pay the rent." He smiled at her"Well you see I got laid off from my job and I was hoping that you give me some time to find another job?" She pleadedMr. Grant looked at her for few minutes and then said; "I can give two weeks but after that I have to have some cash." I promise I will do everything I can to get a job!"For the two weeks she did try for anything that could make her money but nothing came through. Then the knock on the door came. Three silent beers later, I heard the jangle of the door and looked into the mirror to see Celeste entering the bar. She had a morose, forlorn expression on her face, and spotting me, made her way over and joined me, taking the stool to my left.“Scotch, rocks,” she told Sam, and he vanished to grant her request. We sat in comfortable silence for a few moments, and then she started talking. Her boyfriend had broken up with her not minutes before, telling her that she was a controlling, evil.