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“You’re rinned

“If we can’t beat ’eht as well have a bit of fun”

“You knohat, you’re right,” Erica said “Let’s do it I’ froet away for a while”

We discussed our plans before finally ending the conversation A short while later, I packed an overnight bag and left my place I didn’t summon my driver the way I usually did I took a cab to the car rental place where I had booked the car under a different name I paid for it in cash and headed out to Jersey

Erica and I had agreed to arrive several hours apart to stop anyone froether

I checked out the hotel roo nearly as fancy as I would have liked to get, but I had to co so as luxurious as I nor was good enough as long as I could be with Erica

Erica arrived three hours later, just as planned She wore sunglasses and jeans, so I had never seen her in I had to adain, I doubted anything would look bad on her body Erica had the type of body that would look good in anything She looked fantastic when she was naked

When she stepped into the hotel room, I couldn’t help ainst me I didn’t realize how ain I was happier to see her than I had ever been to see anyone Even though it felt aain, this bothered me I had never been this attached to soain With Erica, I felt like I was only walking when I wasn’t with her When I ith her I was running, floating, flying I had never felt this way about anyone before What did that mean?

I thought about the concept of attachments and what it hts away I could analyze ht noas here to spend ti to do exactly that I wouldn’t allow myself to be distracted

Erica and I spent time in the hotel room We ordered room service so we didn’t have to leave the roo She told me more about her childhood Erica didn’t have any brothers or sisters She was an only child, just like me That here our similarities ended Her life had been very different frorown up with only one parent, where I had two I couldn’t iine what kind of a nant I didn’t coood to say

Halfway through our conversation, Erica’s phone rang

She picked it up and sighed “It’s my mom”

“You can answer it I don’t mind”

“You ative reaction toward the phone call from her mother, Erica answered the phone She stood up and walked to the other side of the room It wasn’t a suite, so we only had the bedroom and bathroo to be polite

“Hi, Mom… I’m fine… No I don’t need you to tell ain”

It wasn’t hard to tell that Erica and herI didn’t want to eavesdrop, but I couldn’t help but overhear Erica’s side of the conversation She was only a couple of feet away from me after all Her face was pinched in a frown, and she didn’t look happy I couldn’t hear anything her ood I hated that Erica was going through this Because of the article and the photos, Erica had it difficult in a lot of ways My parents hadn’t contacted me about the news at all They had always been fir in the bed you made

“I don’t tell you everything… I’m not that person any to trust me?”

The conversation carried on for a short while longer before Erica hung up the phone I had the feeling she had put the phone down on herthe call politely