way a beautiful woman like you can tell me she has given up on everything that’s good,” she added. Julie looked at her and leaned back on the couch. “ Really? Right now it feels like I’m at the end of…everything,” she said as a tear rolled down her cheek. Angela smiled at her and took Julie’s hand in hers. “I don’t think I can live like this,” she said as another tear rolled down her other cheek. Angela moved closer to her and put an arm around her shoulders as Julie began sobbing. She hated being this weak in the presence of her client but it was like there was no holding herself back. She was slowly realizing that Steven and the doctor were both right. She should have stayed home. She was still sobbing when Meg finally came. “ Oh my God, Julie. What the hell happened?” she asked as she looked at Angela. “I’m Meg. Julie’s my best friend,” she said as she took a seat next to Julie. Julie pulled away from Angela and brushed off her tears. “ I’m Angela. I’m so sorry to meet you like this but I just didn’t want to leave her all alone when she was like this…” Angela started shaking her head. “I don’t know what is going on. She won’t talk about it,” she added as Meg knelt in front of Julie and looked into her eyes. “ It’s okay, sweetie,” she said as Julie’s phone rang loudly. “ That’s probably….Steven. I had…had called him earlier,” Julie said. Meg looked at her and grabbed the phone. “ Hello,” she said. “ Meg? What are you doing on Julie’s phone?” he asked. “ I had to come get her from work,” Meg said. “ Get her from work? Why?” Steven asked. Meg looked at Angela and gave her the ‘could you stay with her look’ before she walked out of the living room. “Meg? You still there?” Steven asked. “ Yeah, I’m still here. What the hell is going on Steven? Your wife’s a mess,” she said as she walked out of the house. “ Why? What do you mean a mess?” he asked. “ She was at work showing a house in the burbs…” Meg started before Steven interrupted her. “ What do you mean the burbs? Where is that?” he asked. Meg rolled her eyes. “ The suburbs,” Meg said. She could already almost see the weird face Steven was making at her. “She just…I don’t know what happened but when I got here she was crying on her client’s shoulder.” “ Damn it. Text me the address. I’ll be right there,” Steven said. “ No. I’ll drive her home,” Meg said. “You can meet us there.” “ Fine. I’ll just get us some food and meet you guys there.” “ Steven wait,” Meg said quickly before he hung up. “What’s going on? What happened?” she asked. “ I’d rather if she told you herself Meg.” “ Steven please. I need to know what I can do or what not to say. Help me out for God’s sake,” she said. She heard him sigh loudly. “ We went to the doctor yesterday and she found out that she might not be able to have kids.” “ What?” Meg said in a loud whisper. “ Yeah,” Steven said. “ Why the hell was she at work?” “ You know Juelz. She probably thought that working was the only way to get her mind off everything,” he said. Meg sighed. “Yeah. That must be rough.” “ I know,” Steven said. Meg ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. “I’ll get her home. See you there?” “ Sure.” Steven hung up and Meg took a long minute before she walked back into the house. She walked to where Julie and Angela were and sat next to her best friend. “ I’ll take her home. Thanks for staying with her,” she said to Angela who nodded and gave a reassuring smile to Julie. “ Take your time. I am in no hurry to close,” she said. Julie looked up at her and nodded. She opened her mouth to speak but another tear rolled down her cheek. Angela sat down next to her and gave her a hug. “Just remember that it gets better,” she said. Julie looked at her and mouthed ‘thank you’