[With their company bought out from under her, Jane's family had slipped into poverty ridiculously fast. The big house that smelled endlessly of cake and childhood is long gone, the promise of easy acceptance into any college and the money to pay for it is laughable now, and the skin on Jane's hands is dry and rough from too much exposure to cleaning chemicals. She didn't really realize until she was here that her childhood had been spoiled as fuck, and the little apartment she shares with her dad really isn't that bad, as much as she longs for the days when she'd had everything at her fingertips.]
[But, really, things could be worse. She got a job cleaning houses just after graduation last year that pays well, she's healthy, her dad is healthy, the media isn't hounding them anymore, and as tired as she is some days when she gets home, at least she's keeping busy.]
[At the moment, she's at the bus stop, patiently waiting for the 7pm bus that will take her home. Today's actually been a pretty good day, because the house she'd been cleaning had kids living in it, and they were always eager to talk to her and their silly questions were damn cute. The lady of the house sometimes paid Jane a little bit extra if she watched them while she was out, which hardly seemed like a job.]
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[But, really, things could be worse. She got a job cleaning houses just after graduation last year that pays well, she's healthy, her dad is healthy, the media isn't hounding them anymore, and as tired as she is some days when she gets home, at least she's keeping busy.]
[At the moment, she's at the bus stop, patiently waiting for the 7pm bus that will take her home. Today's actually been a pretty good day, because the house she'd been cleaning had kids living in it, and they were always eager to talk to her and their silly questions were damn cute. The lady of the house sometimes paid Jane a little bit extra if she watched them while she was out, which hardly seemed like a job.]