They got their drinks and sat at the kitchen table. Cora delayed saying anything, suddenly uncomfortable. Finally Liz prodded her."What is it Cora?" s...he said."Whatever are you talking about?" Cora responded, still not sure how to proceed - or if she even WANTED to proceed."Come on Cora" said Liz. "You haven't been here for almost a year and you just show up? I mean I'm glad you're here, but ... Why don't you just tell me what you want?"Cora delayed a little longer by sipping her juice. "Um .... I felt my heart was going to break through my chest, but I managed to keep it in and smiled faintly, "Thanks."He nodded, "Yes good songs, accomplished writing. You obviously have a talent." He paused again and nodded and I began to get an impending feeling of doom. There was a ' but' looming on the horizon I was sure."However," he said with a slow intake of breath, "although the songs and the musical performance are very strong, I'm just not sure that your vocals are exactly what we would be. The officer saw us approaching and grimaced at Frank,"Well, well, well, Mr Charlton, what a surprise" Yes I'm sure you're surprised Mr Hemmings, now who's behind it?"Ignoring the question, he turned to me,"And who might this be I wonder?" It might be the fucking Pope, but it's not" I growled and the sneering smile left his face."This is Paul Halford, Mr Hemmings, of Halford Securities, Paul this is chief inspector Hemmings, we're old friends" he added,"Anything but friends Mr Charlton" he said. 50 an hour, even after taxes, is going to be pretty substantial. The food and utilities on the apartment split four ways isn’t going to be much. You should be able to put away a pretty nice sum.”“Add in the $6,000 from opting out of the meal plan and I think you’ll see you won’t have to dip into your summer savings much,” Phil added.“If you run short, you can pick up a part-time job,” Molly put in. “I’m giving lessons next year to make some money. Hailey is going to work for the chemistry.