Nothing brought her joy except for Jonah his smile and very presence always made her smile.As soon as he could Jonah had entered the military like his... father. Bored at home she’d started her martial arts training again with a vengeance. She can still see all the attempts her husband had tried to kill his half brother. Somehow he’d gotten their son involved in all the revenge. He’d wanted to wreck revenge upon all the men in his half brother’s squad.She’d tried to warn him that the commander of. "Gotta remember my blood presure. Another heart attack is all I need right now. Like they say, this too will pass. The court'll have to lift the injunction, and I'll be able to ship merch again. Soon. It's gotta be soon. My cash reserve is hemorrhaging. Bills unpaid. Don't know how I'm even gonna make payroll next week. Life is shit, ain't it?" It can't be that bad, Maxie. Something will turn up. It always has." Nah, Tommie. Not this time. This is the end. My string of luck's finally run out.. I almost laughed at how cute and strange she was. “I feel bad,” I said later. “Will you stop? I swear to God I'm going to frame that sheet,” she said. “You better not.” “Oh sista, you just wait. I'm going to cut out that spot and frame it. I have never witnessed anything as amazing as that. I think I'm falling in love with you.” “Really?” “Yeah...like, maybe. I don't know. I want to. Would that be wrong?” She asked. “No. It's just – I” “It's ok, I'm not a dyke really either,” she said, reading. Hands clean, he stepped back and dried them, then started to leave but she grabbed his arm and stopped him, “Don’t go, I don’t want to be alone right now.” The two had been in the bathroom for two or three minutes and she seemed more tranquil, but he could see a hint of fear still lingering in her eyes. He reached for his sister and pulled her to him to assure her she didn’t have to be afraid anymore. She put her arms around his waist, her head on his shoulder and sighed deeply. His arms.