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Her wantonness toward a coer only underscored how far she'd strayed from the values that I had tried to teach and instill in her A word of warning was required

"You do know that she's playing you?" Deshavi had since straightened back up and the ain thoughtfully "And how's that?"

"You wouldn't be her first or likely her last"

"You know her?"

"She's hter, other than that connection I', as to whether I know her or not"

A dark red flush stung the lad to see it, even as I was astounded by his quickly spoken words

"I have to apologize I was…I was…"

"Taken in by the sight of hter's backside?" I filled in for hiot redder, "Yes" He admitted truthfully

Incredibly it occurred to izing and obviously e confronted by a close fahed or joked about, considering it to be a free look and nothing they should feel guilty about An understandable joke a men if you will, but that was not how this ht

"You ly

His face only got redder at the mention of his ht froh so that even after years of exposure to I irace to be e your eyes should've skipped over"

He looked away perhaps seeing soht I do have a great mother"

His expression turned rueful, "And she did teach me better than this"

"Don't be too hard on yourself, there's a fine line between looking too nore the beauty of what God rew puzzled, "I'm not sure I quite understand you?"

I smiled, "That tree and if I don't erson?"

He nodded, even as he confirrandfather?"

"One and the same" I affirmed, as we shook hands

His handshake was just oneto like about thisout now?" He asked