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The first sip is orgasht leads me to ht Underneathevery inch ofhot Clearly, nal that it wants ht, I’d been full of pent-up sexual tension, but so of it hasn’t lessened this twisty hankering for Shane If anything, it has only grown in intensity I think of his hand sliding down the front oflower, the size of hi to wish this coffee was ice water so I could dump it over my head At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before s-attached sex That’s all it would be Just two people scratching an itch A really itchy itch No entangle little to comfort me I don’t knohat that means, but it adds a layer of anxiety to the restless need for more My coffee cup pauses halfway to ht of Evan once this entireThe realization washes overet over Evan, to resuscitate myself, but I never expected it to happen so soon Is it Shane? Is he speeding along this whole unfa to fly I didn’t couy, even temporarily

I’ve never perfor physical attraction froht? In teeks’ tio, I can’t be in worse shape than when I arrived On top of losing Evan, I can’t be confused over whatever feelings see for Shane I can’t let it happen

The trouble with that, of course, is that I want to rip Shane’s pants off

"All set, then," Kitty says, entering , since now I can do nothing but envision her son in his birthday suit "I think I have everything we need"

I glance down and see Kitty is holding a giant bag of red apples "What about the fish?"

"Fish?"

Over the Kitty’s shoulder, the fish up Kitty’s order in his hand, wrapped in white wax paper, telling me she must have made the order and wandered off before it could be coand pay theme closely

"Martin usually picks up the fish"

"He’s sick today," I explain, certain whoever is listening and judging ive that one tiny lie Kitty holds out her hand and after a beat, I take it and walk back toward the bus

"Did I ever tell you Martin kissed ain It’s a slippery slope "Hoas it?"

"Lovely"

Chapter Thirteen

Kitty and I finally reach the Claymore Inn after she has counted each of her footsteps between the bus stop and the front door Out loud It’s still only ten o’clock, so the bar hasn’t opened, but I find it odd when Kitty has to knock to be let inside The fact that one needs keys at all to be let inside during nonbusiness hours confir at the inn It’s a good thing I never pulled an all-nighter, or I would have been stuck outside in the rain, shit out of luck

Still, Kitty lives here year-round "Why don’t you have keys?"

She starts to answer but Shane yanks open the door, cutting her off anda hundred different directions There is a wrinkle between his eyebrows that isn’t normally there He looks betweenthere Faith rushes up behind hi her lance over at Kitty to ask her what’s going on with her offspring, but when I notice the tears pouring down her cheeks, I’ether, then throws herself into Shane’s arh her tears, Faith tries to wrap the her face between their shoulders "I bloody did it"