snapshot: the loan

"But I really need the money" He says angrily "If you care about me as much as you say, you would do this. It's not like you don't make lots."

She looks at him, trying to figure out if there's a right thing to do. She wants to help him but it's so much money and, in spite of his logic, it really is too much for her to give him right now. But she really doesn't want him to get in trouble. And, quite simply, she loves him and he knows it.

She looks at him again, seeing plainly the desperation on his face. She knows where this conversation will go if she says no. She knows what will happen if she refuses him.

She sighs, head down as she walks resignedly towards the bank machine.