During a sleepless night, Jake stared at the popcorn celling above him and thought about all of the shit happening in the world. As if to solidify every opinion he had, his phone rang, reminding him that he was right in the middle of him. He rose up and leaned across the women besides him, there skin peeling apart like it had been glued together with sweat as he grabbed his cell phone from the beside table. But he did'nt answer it right away. He laid back against his pillow, putting a little space between them so he could cool off.

Jack saw no need to hurry for bad news. He could'nt be anything else. No one called in the middle of the night with good news. No good news waited untill morning.

Even though he already had his fill of early morning breakfast, he could'nt get enough of the coffee at speed's. There rich, dark brew had given him the energy he had needed to function on a daily basis for as long as he could remember. So as he drove that way, Jo wrung her hands together in the passenger seat.

"Are you taking me to check out a case?" She asked, cracking her gum for the fiftieth time.

"Are you going to spit that out , or am I going to have to go into your mouth at get it ?"

He gave her a hard look.

She rolled down her window and reached into her mouth to lose the gum. "Sorry I crack my gum when I'm nervous." She set up straighter in her seat. " You know, you're a little intimidating with the whole dark eyes and bedroom look."

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