Her ex, Jake Grant, seemed like a great guy at first, but he was the complete opposite. He was controlling and manipulative. Jake was a complete nerd,...a gamer, but he had an idea of how he wanted Annabelle to act, dress, and speak. The only way she could do right by him, was when she was doing what he wanted, playing the games that he had been obsessing over for most of his life. Still, no matter what, she always came in second place to a fantasy world and fictional people that only existed on. ........ I had seen it before, but today it was really obvious..........I wasn't super friendly with him today, just nice and business-like about what we were doing. Both of us got A's in Biology, so we had to do a little bit of actual work; Bruce was the best lab partner you could get.............really smart, really thorough, really careful...............he said his father was a surgeon or something..................he had to get up to talk to Mr. Rios. I slipped the pictures and a note into. Once we were alone, it was easy to drive to the restaurant where the group hung out. It turned out to be a lively looking place, covered in carefully planned graffiti, and furnished with all kinds of cast off dining booths, tables and chairs.The helter-skelter look worked for some reason, and we found it to be comfortable, warm, and out of the Baltimore rain, which pleased us both greatly. When we walked in and found a seat, Angela hugged me to her, took my right hand and pushed it down inside. We need to stop at an ATM, and a pay phone.’ He pulled into a gas station. ‘Give me your bank card and PIN number, I’m going to go withdraw all your cash.’ She blinked. The instincts of the urban jungle told her that she should never give either one of those away, let alone both, but she found herself reaching into her purse for them without a moment’s thought. ‘Why can’t I do it?’ she asked. ‘Because you’re going to call your job and tell them you quit, and it’ll save time if I withdraw the.