Free Frenzy by Rex Miller

mean? Of course I'll help you." She smiles.
    He kisses her and goes over and gets something out of his pocket and brings it back to the bed and shows it to her.
    "What's that?"
    "That is our ticket outta here, Tiff. That's our nest egg. That's what's going to let us be together and raise a family."
    She looks at the little vial with her wide cat's eyes. "Yeah?"
    "Dynamite White," he tells her. "Serpico, White Cloud Nine, Supersnow! I've got a way for us to get it all, baby doll, and I mean now. Me and Roger have this guy who can get us enough of this shit that one big sale will set us up and you and I can cut. We'll be out of this forever."
    "Wow."
    "Yeah. Thing is it is going to take one shitload of bucks to get us together. And we are stoney, man."
    "I thought we had lots of money. I gave you all I had and the jewelry and you had the —"
    "Yeah. Right. But we been in the Deuville for thirty-eight days. Double occupancy is a bitch. Just our motel bill alone has tapped us out. And we've got to get a score while we can or we'll lose our man here, and I'll end up a bag boy somewhere and you'll be waiting tables in a greasy spoon."
    "I don't mind waiting tables, Greg. At least you can't get arrested waiting tables, ya know?"
    "Yeah, well just forget that. We've got to move some shit, and I need bucks."
    "I gave you everything I had, except for maybe fifteen dollars or so. You can have that." She starts to get up and get her purse.
    "Hey, Tiff. Forget the fifteen bucks. Come on, man. Be serious with me. This is our future we're talking about."
    "I was being serious. I thought you needed money."
    "Yeah. Well, I need money. Not fifteen fucking dollars. I need three thousand bucks."
    "Honey, I don't have three thousand bucks."
    "Listen to me." He comes back over on her with the curls and the beautiful eyes right in her face, talking very fast, almost in a whisper. "You told me you wanted us to be a family. Look. Both of us are gonna have to make a big sacrifice if we're going to be together always and take care of each other. I got you. You're my only resource, Tiff. You gotta help me, baby. I'm going to ask you to do something that you're not going to want to do, but when I explain it all to you, you'll see it is the best way for us. I don't want you doing what I'm going to ask of you, but, baby, it's the only way, believe me. We've got to have enough to get our nest egg together, right? And I've got to be able to protect you — to keep you out of that prison you were in — and I'm the only one who can do that for you. Just like you're the only one who can do this for me."
    "What do you want me to do?" she whispered.
    "We've got to get some good bucks together fast. You're all I've got. Listen, I need you to pull a couple of dates with guys. Now don't hit the ceiling. I —"
    "You WHAT?" She starts laughing. "You want me to what?'
    "I don't want it any more than you do. I don't particularly get off on the idea of my future wife having sex with other guys. But if you just —"
    "Come on. Don't talk like this. You're nutsy."
    "Like it's not such a big deal, anyway. Roger has this guy, nice-looking older dude with lots of money always wanting to get some young stuff. All you got to do is let him do it for a few minutes and we can —" 
    "GREG! Stop it."
    "Everybody hustles. Couple, three minutes with a guy. It's not like it was a big deal, and you'll come back to me and we'll do lines and fuckin' forget it. And pretty soon we'd have enough I can make our score."
    "Fuckin' forget it, all right. You got that part right." She's still laughing at the absurdity of it. "You crazy nut."
    "I'm not kidding you. You've got to do it to help us. I don't like the idea either, but we've got a big chance here. I love you, doll. I want to get a home for us. A new start. But it's never going to work if you keep telling me to forget it. How would you like it if, uh, when you told me you wanted me to take you away from that old man of yours, I'd