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explains that she resents the fact that he pays more attention to his schoolbooks than to her, and that she would even be happy if once in a while, he told her to have a nice day at work.
    Tracy bolts into the bedroom and slams the door behind her. Seconds later, she comes out of the bedroom, marches defiantly into the kitchen, grabs a pack of batteries off the table, and marches back into the bedroom, slamming the door again. Derek responds by heading out the front door and slamming it behind him.
    •  •  •
    Later that same evening, Derek goes to visit his best friend, Kevin. He and Derek are in the basement, drinking at his custom-made bar set. Derek is sitting somberly at a barstool and drinks down the last of his second beer. Kevin watches him patiently from behind the bar.
    “You want another one?”
    Derek nods and Kevin retrieves a bottle of beer from a nearby fridge, opens it, and hands it to his friend.
    “I hope before you finish this one, you get around to telling me what you’re so upset about.”
    Derek sighs.
    “Tracy and I had a fight.”
    “Yeah, I figured that much. What was the fight about?”
    Derek takes a drink from the bottle, then explains that he has not been intimate with his wife for several months.
    “Why not?” Derek gives Kevin an awkward glance. “Oh, that. Look, it’s nothing to be ashamed of; it happens, and I think I know why.”
    “I’m listening.”
    “A little something called male ego.”
    Derek looks puzzled. “What do you mean?”
    Derek listens carefully as Kevin explains to him that he most likely feels inadequate due to the fact that his wife is supporting the two of them while he goes to school.
    “You really think that’s it?”
    “Sure. Once you graduate and start working, you’ll be good as new.”
    “I’ve got a few years to go before I graduate. What do I do in the meantime?”
    Shayla’s high-pitched voice echoes from upstairs. “Kevin, are you two going to be down there all night?”
    “We’ll be up in a minute, sweetheart!”
    Derek shakes his head. “I have to ask, man, doesn’t her voice get on your nerves?”
    Kevin chuckles. “Sometimes, but I love her, squeaky voice and all. Plus she gives great head. Now listen. What you have to do is get freaky.”
    “Freaky? You mean, like sex in a closet?”
    “Yeah, but it’s not just where you do it, it’s how you do it. Let me give you a few suggestions.”
    Kevin spends the next few minutes giving his friend some ideas on how to solve his intimacy problem. Then Derek goes home to his wife, and Kevin stops in the kitchen to get a jar of honey before heading upstairs to his own wife.
    •  •  •
    The next morning, Shayla is in the lobby of the office building, waiting nervously for Tracy to arrive. A short while later, Tracy arrives and gives her friend a curious look.
    “Okay, Shayla, why did I have to take the bus to work?”
    “Sorry, I had an errand to run. Your eyes are red; have you been crying?”
    Tracy answers reluctantly. “Yeah.”
    Shayla is looking around, not listening to her friend. “That’s great.”
    “Shayla, are you listening?”
    “I’m sorry, I mean, why were you crying?”
    “Derek and I had a terrible fight last night. When I woke up this morning, he was gone.” Shayla is still looking around nervously. “Shayla, what is going on?”
    “Hmm? Oh, Tracy, you need to fix your makeup.”
    “Really?”
    “Oh, yeah, girl; you look a hot mess.”
    Tracy starts to look through her purse for a small mirror, but Shayla has a better idea.
    “No, no, not here. Go in the restroom!”
    “Why?”
    “The lighting is better in there.”
    “Shayla, are you okay? You’re acting really strange.”
    Shayla escorts Tracy to the nearest ladies’ room, just to the right of the foyer.
    “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Now, go on in there and make up.”
    “What?”
    “I mean . . . go fix your makeup.”
    Tracy looks curiously at Shayla before entering the