Marcie sucked in a deep breath through her nose. "Where I want to be costs three times as much as this," she said with a little laugh. "But I don't want to take anybody else's money. Of all the ones I've seen so far, this is the best one. And I can afford it, if I budget. And... being local to you isn't a bad thing. Keep my friends close, right?" She gave Much a smile, and looked down at her phone, feeling happy for the first time in a few days. The future was opening up. She had a job, she almost had her own home, she had friends- She was starting to think that things would be okay.