Oh shit, look at the time! I have to get to work!”Terri quickly downed her coffee and gave me another kiss. “I love you.”Those words felt like t...e world’s biggest lie, but I somehow managed to spew them back at her. Then she was gone, leaving me alone to my tortured thoughts. I watched out the window as she drove away. When she was gone, I made a dash to the bedroom. I immediately went for the drawers beside our bed. I tried the first one. Locked. I tried the second. Locked. I took a deep. . at somepoint... you need to go back to your own life! Where does that leave usthen? I'll be back on my own with Melissa."I picked up my cigarette took a drag on it and exhaled the smoke highabove me. "It doesn't have to be like that," I offered."Oh is that right? How come?" "Well... I could stay." "Don't be ridiculous Alex!" He slid his chair back and stood up. Hewalked over to the window and began to stare up into the night sky."No really! I could" I repeated. I got up and walked towards. My dad worked in construction with my older brother and my mom worked cleaning houses. I found a job as a maid at a retirement home. I would go in everyday, clean around the rooms and the patio area. At first I felt uneasy as how they men stared at me. It was like a pack of wolves staring at a fresh piece of meat. Eventually I started to like it and I started to tease them more by wearing smaller, tighter clothes. That really drove them crazy, some of them started to tell me how pretty I was. Luke reaches for her again, not wanting her to pull away from him just yet but she turns and walks back over to the crib just as Chance, Lucky, and Cash come running into the room. Cash reaches up and tugs on Luke’s hand causing his father to look down at him with a soft little smile. ‘Is she staying, daddy?’ Cash says a little too loudly. Luke watches as Hannah’s back stiffens. ‘Yes, she’s staying.’ He says firmly, his voice letting everybody in the room know there’s no room for discussion..