In her opinion Ineeded to learn how to take care of myself, just like she had to whendaddy left. This graduate assistant job would cover my tuition, P...LUS itpaid $1000 a month stipend!After a few weeks of not hearing anything about this job, I was startingto worry about what would happen when my money ran out. While my dormexpenses were low, I did not have money for the cafeteria's food planexcept for breakfast. Evening meal time often meant mac and cheese orlooking to see if there were any free. Nobody needed stolen property when they could replicate anything they might want without risk or resulting to skulduggery.That wasn't strictly true he knew; original artwork was very much in demand, whether it was a picture, sculpture or a sound track of some sort. Copies of anything, classical or otherwise were available straight out of the machine but something original still required some input from a sentient being.Many of the houses in the colonies were like miniature art galleries,. ” Her reply was making me wonder what I had done wrong.We left the lounge and walked to my truck. I held the door for her as she once again slid onto her seat. The view of her legs was there but I looked away as I continued to worry that I had done something wrong and didn’t want to add to it. Closing her door, I went around and got in to the driver’s seat turning to look at her, noticing tears in her eyes.“Can we talk?” I asked as I looked into her eyes.“Oh God, I’ve made a mess of. I want him to look at me when he answers.He gives me a sort of crooked smile. "I mean we spend a lot of time together. We talk, sleep in the same bed. I mean we have sex as well, so yeah, I see you as kind of my girlfriend."I'm beaming and kiss him. Kiss him hard on the lips. This man sees me as a girlfriend. As his girlfriend. Just this thought lights me up and I kiss him even harder. As if I wanted this man all of the time, now I want this man to screw my brains out."Why don't you open the.