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She s to her curves She had designed and then made the dress herself She knew she looked sexy as hell and that her et past her overprotective parent without being seen

She made it down the stairs of their Colonial styled-home and then remembered the keys were in the kitchen She peeked into the kitchen Her mother wasn’t there—nor was her stepfather, as probably tinkering around in the garage Rave scooped up her keys froe and was out the door and nearly to her pale green Saturn parked out front when she heard her mother call her name

“Rave—honey … wait!” Her mother ran towards her

Ravena couldn’t stop the impatient tone as it escaped her lips “Yes, Molanced archly at her, and sighed It struck her that no one would guess the petite, green-eyed redhead staring authoritatively at her was her mother

Rave had her father’s gold hair and his dark, ray eyes, an

d although she was not tall, she was in her stocking feet, five feet five inches and towered over her mother’s five foot one

Her e with a raised brow that said it all Rave laughed and hugged her before holding her shoulders “Don’t worry”

“Where are you going?” She looked her over and sighed “Wait, let uess: to see Todd”

Ravena frowned “I know you don’t like hiue in his defense”

“No, it isht man for you He is still a boy … and, Rave, that will never do for you—you need a man”

“And what sort ofabout?” Ravena teased

“This is serious You will knohen you meet him, and it isn’t Todd, who is more interested in himself and his needs than yours”

“You don’t really know him”

“I do know him I watch frohed “However, perhaps it is as my Tom says He feels the same way as I do about Todd, but he doesn’t want to be drawn into this He says sometimes we each have to learn from our own mistakes”

Tom was her mother’s husband Her parents had been divorced since she o, having nant Her stepfather had couy, and she had grown to love him over the years