Lemonade

1.

Her mother was right: Dave was wrong. How can a man who can't mow the lawn or make money love?

She had graduated from a college that had cost her father real money, with honors; she had interviewed.

And then David.

2.

What an asshole.

But he made her laugh and that made her forget her father.

They, his friends (losers but nice guys) and the two of them, enjoyed themselves: weekend getaways, synthesized beats in Playa del Carmen.

Then war and the economy exploded. Or did the latter go first. Who cares. She lost her job. Nobody cared about her resume anymore. Her network turned up to be worth less than what her father had paid for.

She gained weight.

Where was her man when she needed him.

In the living room eating pizza was Dave.

Her family had been important. Wealth and knowledge had flowed in their stream for generations and she had added to that knowledge with education and things.

3.

It, her house, felt empty.

4.

She met Randal at the gym.