“Ok, ok, so what did you want to do with it?”

“I was thinking about using it for the organization as sort of a boarding house. You know sometimes I have kids that leave the program and feel like they don’t have anywhere to go, so maybe this would give them a place to sleep for a while. But if I do that I have to get a government permit and jump through hoops with the city. And if I decide to move back in what am I going to do with the kids?” Tina said as she shook her head free from the thoughts.

“Ok, but you could always rent it out like me, they could have a yearly contract and if you decide to move back you’ll just cancel the management company that handles it.” Bette tried to offer solutions.

“I thought about that already. That’s why I had Justine served last week with an eviction notice by the city.” Tina said smiling as she thought about the look on Justine’s face when she got the papers. Bette smiled thinking about the same thing. “I just don’t know what to charge someone for the rent for that house.”

“Why don’t you just charge them the mortgage and the management fees each month. That way you don’t lose any money and the mortgage gets paid every month.”

“What mortgage?” Tina said stopping and looking at Bette. “There’s no mortgage for that house, I own it.”

“Since when?” Bette asked incredulously.

“Bette I bought the house after we opened up Jack of Hearts.”

“I remember how you thought the mortgage was going to be easy and you could do most of the work on the house yourself.”

“Right, well after we got picked up by the Peabody Corporation I used that bonus to pay off the mortgage and I put the rest away. I only pay the property tax and the home owner’s insurance for the house every year. That’s it.” Tina said looking directly into Bette’s eyes.

“So what bills did Justine pay every month? Because she was always talking shit about the money she spent on furniture and the bill to store Jacky’s car.”