<strong>"Your place,"</strong>Ingress answers, laying a hand on your wrist in a sisterly fashion.<br/><br/>It's a short drive, and Junior drops you both off before pulling back out into traffic, claiming that he'll be back after he finds a parking spot.  Accurate enough--there isn't a lot of available space along the street here.  Ingress allows you to lead the way, and you get the vague idea that she may be checking you out on the way up.  Or maybe she's just thinking very hard about something.<br/><br/>When you reach the apartment, she invites herself to sit and stares out the window for a couple of minutes.  Solves that question.  She's deep in thought.<br/><br/><strong>"In all candor, Rudy, I'm not quite sure what to do next.  That is, I'll help you as best I can.  I don't mind paying for this apartment, and I can send one of the girls over with groceries every so often, but beyond that I'm at a loss.  I am so terribly sorry this happened to you,"</strong>she sighs, her voice growing sadder.<strong>"We both made a mistake, and you're suffering for mine.  At the same time...was what you said true?  No friends?  A job you did not enjoy?  Distant family?  I would not hold you against your will, but..."</strong>