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“Go, let your girl take care of you I’ll see you Thursday”

We hang up, and I dropatday, and I’m tired I stretch my arms over my head to try to release soht comes to mind My jaw hardens and my blood boils in my veins I want to be pissed at her, I ale in the back of ht I would find out what is was, but when I caone Poof Leftme with her body I now have a fist-sized hole in et home

I barely held onto the urge to follow her ho with her earlier that night, but knewa dick I’m not normally someone that loses their temper, but this woman pushes every button I have Instead, I went to bed, er, and atteot up a couple hours later and went for a twoI finally fell into bed, exhausted, and slept a restless sleep, iinto a deep slumber

I stretchfor rest All day long, she’s the only thing I’ve thought of

My eyes land on a contract on n It’s for a company that sells coolers that freeze the ite financially, and cauru that companies come to when they want another company to invest in their product If I like what I see, and we can coreement, I buy into the company, set them up financially, and take my cut

According to my lawyer, the contract before nature, but I always like to go over them myself a few more times before I invest hundreds of thousands of dollars I was supposed to do that today, but a certain hard-headed blonde has taken over hts recently I’ve known the woman for four days, but she’s been inshake her

Running ht I’al docurabmy phone inoff the lights as I walk throu

gh the office building The cleaning creill take care of it

The lights oner seat, I climb behind the wheel, and just sit there Indecision haswheel I’o see Abby I shouldn’t I should just go houing o see her one more time before I write her off And that’sreal with She obviously has a thing for having sex by the way she practically clawed her way up irl can fuck like a drea about her that throwsI don’t need in ht now I don’t have tiirl enough to take on whatever her problems are

Throwing my car in drive, I head out and make the thirty-minute drive towards Abby’s place I’ll talk with her And I will have my questions answered, because now it’s more of a need rather than a want to knohat her probleuy—and leave

I tell myself this over and over as I trek up the stairs to her apartment My heart beats heavily in ain, while dread and sorrow for it’ll be the last ti up the courage to liftsuch a hard ti to me, except a hot fuck

With a lol of frustration, I push hts aside and knock And then wait After several seconds of silence on her side of the door, I knock again I noted her car in the parking lot, so she has to be here, right? I knock once more, this time a bit louder—maybe she’s in her bedroo in return

Giving up, I turn on my heel with irritation at another failed atte I spin back around and step closer to the door The noise co I lean my head closer

“Abby?” I call through the wood A second later, I hear the noise again, but louder It’s not a baby crying, but sounds like a loud whimper

Panic starts to set in, and I grab the handle, expecting to have to kick the door in, but am surprised when the knob twists I push open the door and a for the whiain, not sure who or what I’ll find A loud wail comes from the dark hallway, and I sprint in that direction It dies down to cries, and I follow it to the master bathroom Sweat beads on my forehead when I quickly push open the door My eyes adjust to the light and zero in on the naked woman that’s huddled in the tub, her back to the wall, ater spraying down on her I run over and squat down beside the tub