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“Don’t be snippy!” she said “You just look… motherly with that haircut”

“Well I guess it’s good that I’m about to be a mother then,” I said

“It will be, when you can get that cheap bastard of an ex-boss of yours to pay up”

She was teah there was no love lost there either “Mo an addition to the family?” I asked her I knew she wouldn’t be happy about a baby She wasn’t the grandmotherly type… or the motherly one

She frowned and said, “You’re broke and unrandmother What is there really to be happy about, Vicki? I’ll be happy if that bastard pays you what he owes you… unlike your father who got away Scott free”

She was hopeless My father and the men she danced for and now served had ruined her outlook on fao We ordered our lunches and when I asked for the club with avocado on sour dough she frowned again At least I’ She’d had sonow, mother?” I asked

“I’ to drop off by itself when you have that kid I was out of work for six ure back”

I rolled ained ten pounds nancy Besides, I’m not a pole dancer”

“Ten pounds cana sip of her lemon water

With a sigh I almost asked her, “What difference?” but I didn’t I kneould have so a man who could “support” me She was an independent businesswoman… albeit the owner of a strip club She should understand that all woood she looked or how hard she tried, she’d never achieved it even at almost fifty I simply said, “Thanks s

“I have a client who is looking for a housekeeper if you’re still looking for a job”

That got my attention I definitely needed a job I’d spent so much money on this lawsuit that I wasn’t even certain that I wanted to pursue any longer that I was having trouble paying rateful to Jason for… at least I had a roof over h if I were contributing to that Plus, er But this was one of mother’s “clients” I was a little concerned about that “Someone you knoell?” I asked her

She shrugged and said, “We had a brief affair a few years ago but then his wife found out…”