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Chapter Fifteen

Ava had surprised Suzy by dragging her to lunch on Monday E lunch date with Brant most Mondays, and Ava hadn’t wanted to take her brother’s fiancée away Of course, if Emma had had any clue as to what Ava wanted to talk about, she would have kicked Brant to the curb in the blink of an eye Truthfully, she couldn’t believe that Emma hadn’t picked up on what had happened to her over the weekend She felt as if she had the words I’ve had a sex written across her face for all to see

Suzy and Ava had never spent any ti board at the hospital on Saturday After being called all sorts of creative forms of whore with her coworker, Ava felt that their relationship had moved well past acquaintance to friends "Hey, slut" Suzy senuinely happy to see her

"Hey, trao, she couldn’t have i like that so easily, but Ella had certainly changed that for the the word "whore" as if it were a colanced up long enough to say, "You look like you got lucky sometime recently Care to elaborate?"

Ava’s mouth dropped open as she stared at the other wo up, Suzy said, "Oh, come on, you’re all loose and relaxed No offense, but before, you were so tense and frustrated that I wanted to go into the nearest closet and awked as Suzy finally looked up at her Eventually, she gave a resigned huff before saying, "I can see why you and E anything back"

Suzy shrugged "I blame it on my parents Years of distance and many self-help books have led me to the conclusion that I had to shock theood or bad Anyway, back to you So you obviously had sex with someone Can I assu herself that she had arranged the lunch date for precisely this reason After ad to Suzy that she had slept with Mac, she skih Suzy insisted that she elaborate on a few things "Yes--erhe was very--you know--big"

Suzy banged her fist against the table, yelling, "I knew it!" loud enough to have every head in the restaurant turning toward them

"Oh my God," Ava moaned as she slid down farther in her chair

"Oops Sorry about that" When one particularly nosy couple kept staring at them, Suzy stared back "Hey, show’s over, buddy Eyes back in the front" The couple gasped before turning abruptly away Thankfully, Suzy’s voice dropped considerably when she turned back to Ava "So, he was big and he went don, yay! Since you look like you’re about to stroke out over there, I’ll let you off the hook for now Did you stay afterward?"

Ava propped her head in her hands, finally getting to the part that was bothering her "Yeah, I did It was already ot up, Mac ood--very good As ere eating, I felt like I shouldplans for the day so he wouldn’t feel as if I was expecting hih I wanted to stay with him So I said that I needed to run errands and do laundry"

"And what did he say?"

"He said, ‘Good deal Callnot to look disappointed that he didn’t seeht ould, you know, do it again and spend the day together"

"Hood-bye? Ikind of kiss"

Ava shifted around in her seat before ad, "He kissed me like he wanted to inhale me He was excited, I could feel that But then he just let , Ava said, "I called him before bed, and we talked for almost two hours He said he missed me, but he didn’t ask me to come over I would have, you know I’d have juiven me any indication that he wanted that So, what do you think? Arimaced "I mean, I’m not exactly a poster child for romance My first steady boyfriend and fiancé cheated on le- He didn’t exactly send nals; he ether I never have to wonder if he wants me or if he’s in the mood, because he’s always in the mood--always"

Confused, Ava looked at Suzy in shock "Butyou give everyone advice You’re like the Danvers dating guru Am I’m such a hopeless case that you’re stumped?"

Suzy patted Ava’s shoulder "No, crap no, that’s not it at all" Looking strangely uneasy, she said, "It’s just that you’ve been through a lot, Ava, and I don’t want to do anything to mess this up for you You deserve to be happy, and you see you the wrong piece of advice and screwing soripped in her hands, Suzy continued "So, I saw the pain that you try so carefully to hide I’m a people watcher, always have been Not sure how I h That one’s still a ht of soely touched that Suzy see the other woman’s hand briefly, she sed the luhten theBut if we put my past issues aside and pretend that I’m, sayEmma, ould you tell ive the question serious consideration "Well, I guess if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it In other words, all the stuff that you’ve been doing to get Mac’s attention see like a charm You’ve had sex--obviously the wonderful, dirty kind--and he’s no longer with G-lo, so you hold all the cards now Did you have so else planned to drive him crazy?"