Jack was impatient for Julie to get home soon from work. When she did, she looked kind of sad and he got worried. “Sis, did something happen?” Julie looked at him and smiled weakly, saying no. She'd come home alone, as August had said he was still too busy with commitments and wouldn't be able to go out with her. "I do not believe you." “Did you want to talk to me about something, Jack? I know you very well and you don't wait for me in the living room, looking straight at the door and looking at me like ‘you’re finally here’." She said, placing her bag on the couch. “Well, I was wondering if you could arrange something with your friend from work,” He said, looking down at his hands. "Amanda?" Julie asked. "That one." He spoke, raising his eyes quickly, then lowering them again. “You

