Maxine sat at her office desk, her mind still reeling from the encounter with Jake at the café. The stranger's kind words and sympathetic ear had been a balm to her battered soul, but she knew she couldn't keep her situation with Jake a secret forever. She needed to tell Sharon, about the abuse she had been suffering at Jake's hands.
As she contemplated making the call, her phone buzzed with a text from Sharon. "Hey, Bitch! you're coming over to Ace's house tomorrow?" Maxine's heart skipped a beat as she read the message. She wasn't sure she was ready to face Sharon, not yet, not until she had processed her own emotions about Jake.
Maxine's fingers trembled as she typed out a response.
"B what's up...? His house???...". She hesitated, her thumbs hovering over the keyboard, before adding, "Hope he has food"
Sharon's response came through immediately. "Lol...Of course there's food"
