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everything in order.”
    “Did you finish?” I asked, wondering if he’d be up here again tomorrow.
    “I did. So you heading out?”
    “I am.” And with my eyes, I silently said, unless you decide to pin me down on your desk and fuck me.
    He pulled at the collar of his shirt, and I knew my silent plea was heard.
    “Everyone was leaving,” I said, and took another step closer, glancing down at his crotch, and wanting so bad to drop to my knees, and show him what he’s been missing.
    Instead, he jumped up, and flipped the light off on his desk. “Come on, I’ll walk you out.”
    Disappointed, and feeling rejected again, I held my hand up. “I’m a big girl. I can walk myself out. I just wanted to say goodnight.”
    He pushed the door all the way open, and waited for me. “I know, but I’m going to walk you out anyway because I like telling you what to do, remember?”
    I rolled my eyes and walked out, leaving his desk, and any hope of ever lying naked on it, behind.

Chapter 6
    Brownie Monday became a tradition for me and Dee. As did Wednesday dinner before I went to work, and Sunday wine after I got home from my shift. We had fallen into a routine, and with the money I was making at Baile, I was finally able to pay my bills. Things were going good.
    I sat down in the kitchen, and handed Dee the spatula so she could get the pancakes off the griddle. She flipped them off and onto a plate.
    Cole walked in, and wrapped his arm around Dee. “Hey there, beautiful wife of mine.” He kissed Dee, and she gave him a playful shove.
    “Not in front of Lyla,” she said, and poor Cole’s shoulders slumped.
    “Cole, pull up a chair. We’re having breakfast for dinner,” I said, trying to break the tension in the room that I didn’t think Dee even realized was there.
    “No, I’m good. I’m going to go for a run.”
    Dee didn’t turn from the stove as Cole walked out of the kitchen, and into the living room.
    “Do you want syrup?” Dee asked, and I ignored what I just witnessed. I wasn’t about to get myself involved with Dee’s marriage.
    I cocked an eyebrow at her. “Do you really have to ask?”
    “Silly me.” She drowned my pancakes in syrup, and handed me the plate. We sat at the table eating and talking about Baile, and her own job.
    It was getting late, and my shift was starting soon, so I helped Dee clean up, and then I headed out. When I got to Bertha, I heard Cole call my name.
    I turned around, and saw him jogging across the lawn. Sweat coated his forehead and his grey t-shirt, but he wasn’t the slightest bit out of breath.
    “What’s up?” I asked.
    “You know what. Forget it.”
    He went to walk away, but I grabbed his elbow. “Cole, what is it?”
    “I don’t know how to say this without sounding like an asshole.”
    “Just say it. We’re family. You’re allowed to sound like an asshole.”
    He took a deep breath “It’s just…ever since you moved in, Dee has been spending so much time with you, and it’s our first year of marriage.”
    “And she should be spending that time with you.”
    He sighed then gave a half-hearted smile. “Yeah.” He ran his hands through his blond hair, and then threw his arms out. “See, I sound like an asshole. A selfish one.”
    “You don’t. I get it.”
    “You do?”
    “You want me to move out,” I said, knowing what he wanted to say, but didn’t have the heart to.
    “I hate to even say it. I do. Like you said, you’re family. Don’t ever think for a second you’re not. It’s just…”
    “You don’t have to explain it to me.”It stung a little, but at the same time, I totally understood. They were newlyweds, and this was supposed to be their time together before having kids, and here I was totally throwing a monkey wrench into their lives.
    Just when I thought everything was figured out, and things were starting to look up. Maybe I could find somewhere cheap. I paid my bills off, and even had a little money in my checking account.