“Let’s do this. One card for you, 
one for me, and the third one is for   
household expenses, the one you took   
the five hundred from. How does that   
sound? Besides, don’t forget about the 
other seventy-thousand we got coming.  
You can give me all of that if you     
want.”                                 
     She was laughing, but I was       
serious, “If you promise to go back to 
college, you can have my share of that 
seventy-thousand, except for, you know,
things like food for us and our babies,
the mortgage, utilities, and one bottle
of Jack a month for me.”               
     “I’d love to do that, babe, but   
who would take my place while I was    
getting my degree? Barry can only      
afford to pay so much for my help.”    
     “Listen Beth,” I interrupted her, 
* “that Cat wants to pay us a lot more     
money to rescue her two buddies. The   
ones who gave us this money, and with  
that money you can pay someone to take 
your place. Someone who’s as good as   
you.                                   
     “You’ll have to do that anyway, if
you want to come with us,” I said, but 
thought of something else.             
     “When we get back, and if the Cat 
and money are real, I won’t have to    
work, and I can go to college with you.
I’ve always wanted to be a lawyer, but 
never thought I’d ever have the money  
or time. Now I will, hopefully, and if 
you have to miss some classes, I’ll be 
there to give you the dirt after.”     
     Beth was excited about us going to
college together, but still looked a   
little skeptical, and I figured that   
now was time to hit her full force with
her own psychology.                    



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