Jesse **

She looked at each of them in turn and then back to Jesse.

Next, he called Jesse and told him the same thing.

Jesse gave her what she wanted, a little at a time.

Jesse put away the phone and went back to the house.

Jesse couldn't find a way to turn the thing off.

Later one of the girls comes to see Jesse at his office.

Jesse's life on the force put him in the line of fire.

Then at the end, Jesse needs only one to win.

He can only turn to his best friend Jesse to help him.

It looks like the end of the line for Jesse.

As a matter of fact, Jesse's wife did soon go under.

Every time she turned around, Jesse'd have that look in his eyes.

Jesse was sitting in my office, waiting for no one knew what.

An hour, Jesse thought, as he took his turn at deal.

Jesse didn't have to think about that for very long.

So here, says Jesse, is a chance to find that out ahead of time.

Eight days passed before the first business day of the new year, and they were difficult for Jesse.

And Jesse, as he always does, takes the high road.

When it was over, Jesse didn't move for a long moment.

Friends often didn't believe Jesse when she described these things.

Yet in truth, Jesse never tried to figure it all out.

All day Jesse lay alone in her room reading the book.

My friend Jesse is trying to build one for an organization.

By the standards of his day Jesse did not look like a man at all.

As they walked down, Jesse considered his position, and he didn't like it at all.