Since Jake has decided that work is out of the question, I don’t do anything to deserve any money at all. I’ve only been accepting my monthly paycheck on the understanding we will eventually go back to work, and I will do something to be paid for so that I can pay Sarah for my room.  

“If you don’t sign the contract, I’ll stop sleeping with you until you do,” he smiles wickedly with that stubborn look in his eyes. He means it.  

“You would cave before I did,” ...