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I nodded

He studied me a moment "Is the boy’s father still in her life?"

I shook et to ask questions You asked her out I’ you don’t have a record, since you’re a principal The school board would have checked that shit But do you have a girlfriend? Or a drinking problehed nervously "Whoa Okay Wow No to all of that I’o, but she had cervical cancer, and she didn’t ht wince when he o unnoticed He was a ood job, and he seeh for ut was telling me he was safe

"Don’t hurt her," I repeated "Thatat all Re record, and I’m not scared of prison"

I turned and walked out of the s

I had soht hours left to do it

SIENNA

I wasn’t ready to introduce Caain after tonight There was always a chance it wouldn’t go well I hardly knew this man No reason to introduce him to the most important person in my life That would be for later, if I liked hireed, and she’d had Micah come over an hour before Cae clothes five tiht underwith my hair He would then tell Dewayne, which would be hu I already knew he didn’t think there was reed with him That eased my mind some, and I put back on the skirt I had tried on first and slipped on my wraparound blouse This was casual but nice It would work for anywhere I slipped on a pair of black puain Letting it hang loose had beenit

The doorbell stopped ave myself a quick pep talk in thetiuy I didn’t kno to do this Dustin had beenabout him I had never dated someone I didn’t know

"You can do this," I said one last ti the door

Caht blue polo shirt I had dressed appropriately One worry off eous I feel like I need to go back home and try to make ether"

Yes, he was doing wonders for my self-esteem "Thank you, but you look very handsome yourself I don’t think anyone will question that we are together"

He chuckled, then shrugged "I’ my lucky stars" He held out his arm to me "Ready?"

I nodded and stepped outside onto the porch, then locked up behindmy keys in iven it to her, so if she needed to get inside to get Micah anything, she’d be able to

"I made reservations at Le Cellier I hope you like steak," he said with a smile I had heard of Le Cellier, but I’d never been there "I love steak," I told him And I intended to eat a filet, which felt nice I wouldn’t have to pick atThis was going to be a good night I could already tell

Two hours later I was ready to go back home and put on my pajamas Cam was really nice, but I was a little bored with him He talked about work and asked ht, but there was so picky because my last relationship had been with someone I was already so close to

"You want to stop in Live Bay and listen to Jackdown play? I hear they’re good I haven’t been to see Jackdown yet, but Live Bay seeo to hear livesounded exciting I hadn’t been dancing in foreversince the prom, and I wasn’t sure that counted I danced with Micah all the ti sounded like fun Maybe it had been the stuffy fancy restaurant he had taken me to that had bored

"Sounds like fun," I said, trying not to bounce inlot The place was packed I soaked it all in This was a world I didn’t know One I wanted a taste of Live Bay had been around when I was sixteen, but I hadn’t been old enough to get inside Noas getting to see what the fuss was all about

"Isn’t that youruh, son’s uncle?" Ca and iirl up against his truck while attacking her face was not what I wanted to see I was sure she was gorgeous Surprisingly enough, she had red hair That’s all I could see of her Maybe hter red for Dewayne She also looked tan I didn’t have tiet tanned I should et a tan

WaitHow did Caaze off Dewayne and the lucky female to look at Cam "How do you knoayne?" I asked Had he researched me? If he had, I wasn’t sure how I felt about that It seeether as if he was thinking hard about soet away from this man He could have stalked me! "Dewayne paid me a visit at work today He wanted to check me out before you went out withthe truth I didn’t have to ask Dewayne to know that Ca Dewayne would do He didn’t trustthat for me I understood that to an extent, but he had crossed the line I wasn’t going to let him walk intoMaybe I should find out who that woue down her throat If he was going to be around Micah, I deserved to know if she was suitable

"Stop the car," I ordered, and Caue He put the car in park, and I jumped out without an explanation and hter with each step I hadn’t thought this through, but in the moment I was so mad I didn’t care