Two hours later, they were on the
freeway going to find more art for the mistress of art, Peggy Peabody. 
They were all talking away in the car, Peggy, Daisy and Alice.  Peggy was sipping on a dark green concoction
that Jose had whipped up for her this morning.

            “So Daisy, I hear you are a
musician?”  Peggy asked and Daisy nodded, the older woman
made her totally nervous most of the time. 
She was very nice, very sweet, but also eccentric in a way that threw
Daisy totally off her rocker.

            “She’s good, really good.”  Alice offered and the driver told Peggy that there was traffic on the overpass
and Peggy rolled her eyes.

            “There is always traffic and I hate
heights.  Remind me to NOT look out
windows while we are hundreds of feet over the ground.”  Peggy lamented and they laughed, settling into a long
conversation about music.

            Daisy looked out, seeing the sign
that said they were on the Carter overpass and she turned to Peggy and began to talk her ear off about
music.

~*~*~*~*~*

            Candace was rolling the paint roller over the
white walls, the faint blue color covering all the small imperfections in the
plaster.  She was happy to finally have
this job done and over with.  As much as
she loved helping Oscar, this job had sucked up a lot of her time.  And resources that she really couldn’t
spare.  Living with Bette was affording her much more liquid
income to be able to invest in things she’d never would have thought possible
two months ago.

            “So this is going to be my….  Oh hi Candace.” 
Cassandra said easily, looking up to see Bette‘s girlfriend perched on a tall stepladder. 

            “Hi.”  Candace stammered, wiping her hands on her overalls.  She gave Oscar a look and he shrugged,

            “You two know each other of
course.”  He stated, turning and tucking
tail into the next room, Candace stepped down off the ladder.  She looked around rather sheepishly.

            “This is my office.”  Cassandra explained and Candace nodded, licking her full lips.  She’d gathered that much but she was still
uneasy about being face to face with Tina‘s girlfriend.

            “So you are going to be working
here?  That’s great.  I thought you had a job at some alternative
school?”  Candace asked then shaking her head, “You don’t
have to answer that.”  Cass smiled,