“How could she afford all this?”, I wondered out loud. “Because she still works and we all send a decent amount of money to her,” Asami said. I could hear the indignation in her voice. Hmm, so her mother’s a touchy subject still, ‘I’ thought. I’ll try to work past it and stop putting it off. As I finished my thought, my worst nightmare walked through the door, smiling ever so broadly. “Hey Nya,” I said, fighting the urge to throw the nearby lamp at her. “Hey, Marcus. I hear things are going good for you at the office.” Bitch, you love to toy with your prey. Hopefully, I can wiggle my way outta this one. “Well it’s just the norm, I do hard work, they love me for it.” Stay cool, she doesn’t know what you have planned, ‘I’ thought. Hmm, this guy is not me, can’t be, too calculating and manipulating. Can’t be me, I don’t tolerate that kind of mentality. “We’re leaving soon, Asami. Throw something on.” “We just got here like five minutes ago!”, she screamed. “Well you just wasted one. Hurry up.”