She was ****d at 16. at 18 she followed her older sister and was stripping at a club, making good money, and after 2 years being able to buy and furni...sh the condo that she lived in with a stash in the bank. she then was in a relationship with a man that abused her. then, she told me, "it was one man after another. all of them wanted to own me. i couldn't breathe. i went into seclusion, until tonight. now you probably don't want anything to do with me." i looked at her straight in the eye and. Nothing out of the ordinary happened to Jeff till mid-week when in the late afternoon his doorbell chimed. Wondering who that could be he opened the door and saw Lynn standing there. As usual she looked good in the gray business suit she was wearing, damn good he thought.Walking in she said, “I had a showing here and I thought I would like to see what Candice did for you.”“Take your time and give it a good look over.”She did and while she was doing that he was giving her a good look over.“Can I. When you take a shower, just try not to waste too much of it, or the bill will be astronomical.”She reached for the showerhead, and he passed it to her, Zuki taking it by the handle and turning it over as she examined it. She tapped at it, her claw clicking against the metal, the alien smiling as she ran the jets over her furry hand. She accidentally angled it towards Jules, spraying him in the face and soaking his shirt.“S-Sorry,” she began, but he raised a hand to silence her as he spat out a. And I didn't even know how old her kids were. As I sat there and thought about Hope, it seemed kind of odd that she'd be surprised at how late it was. We'd only talked for about five minutes. Then it dawned on me that it was probably because I wasn't going to hear from her again. I was sort of relieved. It'd hurt a lot when the ex left and it still did, even after all these years. I didn't know if I was hoping she'd call or hoping she wouldn't call.__________ Wednesday .