Gage picked Chloe up from work and she told him about her day at work as they drove home. They'd been married for three months. Gage had been in-jured on the job and was laid off, and Chloe was drawing a paycheck and working hard to make ends meet.
They drove up and Gage noticed something Chloe didn't, a yellow strip on the electicity meter.
"Chloe, the electricity's been shut off. Did you pay the bill?"
Chloe nodded, but looked worried. "Gage, I think the check bounced."
He groaned. They walked inside and saw that nothing worked. And it was sweltering inside in the heat of the summer.
Gage swore. "Damn! No fans, no air. Nothing, and it's damned hot outside."
Chloe started wheezing. Gage turned to look at her in alarm.
"Chloe, you don't need to stay in this house. Go home and stay with your mom. The heat's bad for your asthma, and your inhaler's empty."
By this time, Chloe had her head between her knees and had stopped wheezing. "I'm fine, Gage. Mom is out of town."
She stripped out of her dress and changed into shorts and a T-shirt and the two left the house.
That night, Gage and Chloe knew they had to sleep there somehow. Chloe lit the kerosene lamp and the candles.
It was after ten-thirty, both Gage and Chloe stripped down to sleep in nothing but their underwear. Chloe was lying on the loveseat and Gage on the couch.
Suddenly, Gage said, "Wanna suck a dick?"
Chloe sat bolt upright and looked over her shoulder. Gage was fisting his dick.
