“No. 
I did have a job at a school, but Tina got a great job in LA, so I sold my
store in Seattle, gave up my apartment and we are getting
a house in the next few days.  Oscar made a great plea that he needed a
counselor and I gave in after about… 
Four minutes.”  Cass laughed and Candace threw her head back and laughed too.

            “I know that feeling.”  Candace said leaning a shapely arm on the stepladder.

~*~*~*~*~

            Quin stood at the private airport,
waiting for the pilot, about to say she was going to fly if the man didn’t show
up soon.  Flight 603 was waiting, there
were a number of paintings on the plane that her mother wanted in New York. 
She sighed, pulling the hair tie from her hair, biting her lip and
feeling a need to play.

            She hadn’t played much in the last
few weeks, being to busy.  She was
anxious for the gig on Friday, in front of a huge crowd.  She didn’t much care if they got the 10 dates
or not, just to be able to step out onto a stage and play with no thoughts of
money or responsibilities except to those of the music.

            “Miss Peabody?” 
The pilot was at her side and she nodded,

            ” ‘Bout time.”  Quin said sarcastically, standing up and
heading to the plane without looking back at the young pilot, he looked like he
was no more than 20.  They boarded and he
began his pre flight check when her cell phone rang.  She fumbled at her hip, pulling off the cell
from the clip, and setting the suitcase down on the seat.  She took her hat off and laid it on the
suitcase.

            “Quin?”  The soft voice of Eden came to her ears, so low that she had
trouble understanding her.  Quin pressed
the phone into her ear as the tower called out numbers to the pilot.

            “E? 
Is that you?”  Quin asked, moving
to the door to get better reception and Eden whimpered on the other end of the phone.

            “They are fighting again.  I can’t stand it anymore   They are always fighting…”  The young girl cried and Quin closed her
eyes.

            Helena and Miranda had been having a tumultuous
time as of late, Helena having cheated on Miranda, and then
Miranda had vengefully gone out and fucked someone else.  So they were caught in the perpetual motions
of being angry, being forgiving and just being at each other’s throats.