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I wondered as going through his ined he would be feeling the reh only a month had passed since the Raiders had freed me froed me to try to move forward in all aspects ofour sessions, theto hurtwe frequently repeated It was hard to overcoe h how a future love lifeconfused as to whywith yellow caution tape like the police did at crime scenes

At the end of the day, Mendoza would haunt ive myself emotionally and physically to another er I waited, theit harder and harder to be inti and rape were in relationships or married, so it wasn’t like they put on a habit and went to their local nunnery They had to work through the emotional landmines to reconnect physically with their partners

I felt I had spent the lastto know Rev on such a deep level that I was ready to risk a relationship that went further than friendship I just didn’t kno to convince hie ofa brush through o in search of Rev and so hallway, I faltered at the sight of all the strangersmy eyes, I inwardly chanted, You can do this These people are Rev’s family They won’t hurt you

My eyes flew open at the sound of a fa, Uptown Girl," Bishop said with a wave His war, Bishop"

"You hungry?" he asked as he ca, I’d love some coffee"

"Come on I’ll take you to Rev"

I smiled "Thanks, Bishop"

Whenever I met the eye of one of the Raiders or their old ladies, which was still a hard teret used to, I received a nod of the head or a friendly s kind because of what I had gone through or because I ith Rev, so to speak

When Rev caught sight of e of e on the one that looked like he was glad to see "

"Morning," I replied as I squeezed hiht His usual manly smell was mixed with coffee and bacon, which

When I pulled away, he appeared apologetic "Sorry I left you thisso peacefully I hated to wake you up"

"It’s okay" With a sheepish grin, I added, "I definitely needed to sleep off the alcohol"

He laughed before turning to pourcoffee "Have soainst the counter, I blew tiny rivulets in the black liquid to cool it off At the sa roup of his brothers, hecare ofpussy-whipped But the one thing I most loved about Rev was how he never put people’s opinions of hi

When he cas, and hash browns, ood, greasy food after all that alcohol"