"I don't need you to take off for me. I want you to take off for you." Tory glanced around the room watching the tide turn against her.

"I need to work, honey¡­don't I?" She didn't know a lot about his finances. She knew he was more than comfortable in the financial department but now he would have someone else to take care of. She had a college loan to pay off and they had just bought a fifty thousand dollar car.

"We'll talk about it later," he exhaled anxiously. "Excuse ...