Change Happens Chapter Thirteen: Gaining Stability.

Robin’s new life begins to stabilize after everything she has been through. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

There was no way I could have seen all of this coming. My life had been turned around, from being divorced and losing my husband to barely being able to pay all the bills and having a job I disliked. I even had a run-in with some very unsavory characters.

Now, I had a job that I loved and was in a real relationship. Marcus was everything Jeff wasn’t, not just in bed but in everything.

“What?” Marcus asked as I stared at him.

“Nothing,” I shook my head.

Here I was, studying for a test that would help me get a promotion, and there he was at the stove making dinner.

“I’m thinking of selling the house,” I said as I looked up from my laptop.

“No, you’re not,” Marcus replied. “You want to put everything behind you, which you have, selling the house will do nothing other than confirm that you are still living in the past.”

I smiled at him. He knew me so well. I had told him most of what happened with Jeff. I left out all the gory details and the situation that occurred afterward. That will go with me to the grave. Through all of it, he didn’t flinch or even make a sound until I was finished.

“What about…” I started to say.

“It’s the past. I don’t care about it, and neither should you,” Marcus shrugged as he turned back around. “Now, keep studying. You have that meeting in the morning.”

I loved that about Marcus. He supported me, and even better, looking down at his feet was the ever-present Gary. I was beginning to think he loved Marcus more than I did.

“No,” Marcus said as he looked down at the dog. Gary followed Marcus around more than he did me. Gwen was still my girl, but Gary had fully become Marcus’s dog. “You can look at me like that all you want,” Marcus said as Gary sat by his side, his ears perked up and staring at him.

“Fine,” Marcus said as he dropped a piece of turkey down to him. He turned around and threw a bit for Gwen.

“You’re going to spoil them,” I looked at him.

“I know,” Marcus said.

I shook my head and continued studying.

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“Now, I don’t want you to get your hopes up,” Hank said as we walked through the Charlotte office’s halls.

It was much bigger than ours. While we only had half of a football field to work with, this location had a full. It also had a much bigger pool and other things we didn’t have. It was also the office for most of our meetings.

There was only one position open, and four of us were notified that we were in the running for it. The other three had been working for the company longer, and Hank was letting me know that it would most likely be given to one of them.

I nodded as he opened the conference room. The other three were already seated with their bosses sitting next to them. I knew two of the three. One was from the Wilmington location, and the other was from Myrtle Beach.

Hanks’s boss laid out the history of the business and what was expected of us if we accepted the position. We would no longer be taking on regular clients.

The job was for professional clients only. The list of people included professional sports players, actors taking on physical roles, and many more.

We all left, knowing what was to be expected of us.

“Well?” Hank asked as we got downstairs into the parking lot.

“Still interested,” I nodded.

“You told me you just got into a new relationship,” Hank said. “You might have to travel a lot, sometimes staying in a location for up to two months without coming home. Will that be a problem?”

“Not at all,” I nodded. I had already talked to Marcus about everything, and he seemed okay with it.

“Okay,” Hank noted. “I will put in the last of the paperwork, but remember, it took me three applications before I moved up when I was in your position.”

Part of me knew it wouldn’t happen, but at least I put my name in the hat, which showed my interest.

I looked at the time as I drove back home. Marcus was probably sleeping. He was working tonight. I decided to take the long way home so I wouldn’t wake him.

When I decided to let Marcus move in, I had my doubts, but everything worked out well.

On the drive home, Lacey called. Since she was back in town, she wanted to catch up.

“Hey,” I said as I sat at our usual eatery.

“Hey,” Lacey said as she looked at me.

“Oh, no,” I saw the look on her face.

“Yeah,” Lacey sighed, shaking her head.

“You didn’t get it,” I consoled her.

“I did, but not with the person I wanted to do it with,” Lacey said.

Who knew porn had favorite actresses and actors? And that they wanted to do it with a specific one. I sure as hell didn’t until now.

I thought it was more like they just fucked, got paid, and moved on. Now I knew they even had an award ceremony and rumors and gossip about each other. It was like any other regular job.

While I wasn’t a huge fan of porn, I did watch most of Lacey’s movies to support her. I also read most of the comments. For the most part, she was well-liked, especially her ability to take a cock; as most fans had said, supposedly, they loved that she didn’t fake liking her job.

There were always hateful comments, especially when she did her first interracial scene. Lacey got a lot of nasty comments about that; it seemed some of her initial fans didn’t like that she did it or that she took it up the rear.

Lacey didn’t even acknowledge them; she didn’t acknowledge or reply to any of what she called haters. Some of them said that the only thing sex workers did was lie on their backs and do nothing. Or that they couldn’t do a regular job. That’s why they went into porn.

I had seen Lacey hold down a regular job, and as for the lie-down and take it, anyone who watched her videos knew that she wasn’t the missionary type of girl.