Branch One Hundred

Burke's voice was just how she remembered it. Deep and smooth. It made her stomach feel like something whizzing through a bottomless pit.

"Hello Burke," she said trying to keep her voice steady.

"I have been trying all day to reach you," he said.

She felt like shouting that she would divorce Xavier and come back if he would accept her. Xavier did not love her anyways. She would spare herself the heartbreak of the future by taking a walk now.

"Oh okay, for what?" Jessica responded feeling nervous. She felt her hands slip off her phone as swear lubricated them.

She stood up and went to look at herself in the mirror. She tried to steady her breathing. She was not sure what he wanted to ask her but she was going to say yes to him in a heartbeat. This would prove to Leslie that she did not like Xavier.

"I went to the Real estate office today" he began.

Jessica felt her stomach sink. It was obvious that Burke was not calling for a good cause. He was calling to feed his selfishness an