"Mrs Cash!" He exclaimed and watched as the woman walked into his apartment majestically. She was the last person he expected to see and hoped to God that she wasn't coming to insult him again. He wasn't sure of how much more he could take from that family. Mrs Cash surveyed the house once again with her eyes. She could see why her daughter ran away, she would too if she had to live in such a dump. There was absolutely nothing good about the place. It was too small, too empty and even when Jake tried his very best to keep it clean and neat, to Mrs Cash it still looked like a dumpster. "Mrs Cash, what are you doing here?" Jake asked again when he didn't get a reply the last time. He was not about to be ignored in his own house. He was done letting the Cash walk all over him especially when he knew that they were not worth it. "Young man, I can hear you," she answered but still didn't meet his eyes."Okay, so if you can hear me then please tell me what it is that you are doing here."

The wait was excruciating. Jake's palm became sweaty and so did his face. He tried to sit still but from the funny gaze that Cassidy threw his way at intervals, he knew that he wasn't doing a good job at it. The woman wasn't subtle about her amusement. She didn't try to hide her smiles that reached her intelligent eyes and from her eyes, Jake could see that she thought of him as cute. "You don't have to be so worried you know. When Ray was telling me about you and your designs, he said some pretty good things. I'm sure that the clothe will be just perfect.""Thank you, Cass." It had helped a lot to be reassured in such a way but still, his heart was troubled. Only the final verdict from Raymond would put him completely at ease. Thankfully, Ray didn't take that long to put on the clothe. He came back down in less than five minutes. Jake didn't look at the clothes on his body, he was concerned about the look on his face. The man was all smiles and that only reassured Jake."Wow, honey!

Just when luck seems to start smiling down on Jake, the outside world had to remind him of his sad tale. Jake walked back home slowly, thinking of his next step. He couldn't continue to live the way he was with no wife and no friends. He needed a fresh start, needed to start doing things right. He didn't want to get used to the feeling of loneliness that threatened to swallow him whole. One thing kept ringing in his ears. Sasha. He needed to make peace with her but she had already moved on and quickly than he had expected. He didn't love her and as such wasn't expecting her to stick around and stay in a friendship that could lead to the end of her life but still, he didn't expect her to move on so quickly and begin life afresh and he certainly didn't believe that she would still not forgive him. The honking of a car caused Jake to startle and he remembered that he was in the middle of the road. He moved slightly towards the pedestrian lane and walked slowly to his apartment. He wasn

Luck decides to shine on us when we least expect it. When we have given up on life immediately, we usually, that is when life decides to show us a glimpse of the good things it has in store for us. Jake woke up with no idea of how his day was going to go. Just a sense of longing that he could not shake off. He stayed awake in bed, not wanting to get out of it. Life for some reason was not as fulfiling as it was. He turned to his side and looked at where Amanda used to be and his heart ached. He missed her and would love it if she could come back to stay with him. But she never would agree to come back to the dump he lived in. He suddenly remembered the discussion he had with Sebastian. If not for himself, then he would do it for her. After all, she was his wife and he needed her in his life.Finally, he rolled out of bed and managed to prepare himself for the day. With some light tunes playing in the background, he turned a Wednesday into a sanitation day. He decided that if he was m

There was a face-off as both stood looking at each other. Jake felt nothing but anger and Chris just wanted to make amends. He had decided to be honest with himself and the truth was that Sasha still wanted Jake back. She still craved him but she was doing everything in her power to forget about him. He wanted her to be happy, and even when that would not be with him he was okay with it. He just wanted her happiness. So he planned to befriend Jake and try to make Sasha forgive him so that she could be happy with him. But even that was proving to be more difficult than he anticipated. The man wanted nothing to do with him and he could understand his plight, he thought that he was the reason Sasha hated him."Listen to me, I don't know what you have done to my best friend but I can assure you that it won't last for very long, she will come back to me," he threatened."You know, you are so selfish. I'm starting to see why Sasha doesn't want to be with you. You care about only yourself a