His fingers moved like lightning over the calculator and finally he looked up,"Roughly, about eighteen thousand, give or take the odd pound or two" Ye...h that sounds ok, when can you start?"He agreed to give me a start date later on and he was about to say something when his phone rang, we all tried not to listen but I heard him asking if he could bring two friends,"We've been invited to a rather special evening not too far from here, would you like to go with us?"I nodded and looked at Billy. The brunette was still sitting with the same wine cooler. Jake didn’t have anything better to do so he walked over for a little conversation. ‘Haven’t seen you in here before. Where’re you from.’ The low voice would have been sultry if the tone hadn’t been flat. ‘Chicago.’ ‘You must be vacationing then, ’cause we don’t get many Chicago people except on the weekends.’ ‘Yeah, sort of.’ ‘You talk this much all the time, or do you just really like me?’ The smile flashed for only a second, but the. I don’t think she was even aware of what she was doing as she sucked it clean and dry.My wife said, “So bitch what do you think now?”Janet said, “Well I sure didn’t expect to have the tables turned on me but all in all it wasn’t that bad! At first it hurt like hell, then it started to burn a little, and then if sort of calmed down!”My wife said, “You must have relaxed!”Janet said, “I think you’re right! It did get better when I realized that it wasn’t going to end quickly and resigned myself to. It was where I had lived my entire lifeif you consider a constant struggle for survival livingand I didnt know if I was ready to abandon that link to my past. But if my parents were ever coming back, they would have done it by now. I was on my own and, unless I did something about my situation, I would starve to death. After another long day of scavenging, I was forced to face facts. I hadnt eaten in nearly three days and if I didnt find food soon, I would not see a forth. It was time for me to.