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her mom explained.  “I’ll get home before he get’s there.  I’m over at Salina ’s having breakfast.  Yeah, I’m tell ‘em all hi for you.  I love you too Mom.  Bye.”
                As the guys left the table each scraped their dishes into a large bowl reserved for their dogs and cat to share.  Jenny jumped up and began loading the dishwasher as Salina and her mom finished putting the food away and cleaned the counters and table off.
                Tyrone came back in to pick on Jenny and his sis, something he greatly enjoyed doing since Jenny was about ten years old.  They endured his constant good-natured teasing for a while before a carload of his friends dropped in to get him to shoot some hoops at the community center.  It being Basketball season every guy they all knew were hoop obsessed.  To everyone’s shock and surprise he suggested a game of poker instead.
                Jenny’s eyes lit up, wishing she had time to hang with the guys and play some poker too.  She knew she and Salina would wipe the table clean and she could sure use some extra spending money after buying the wig.  Looking at her watch, seeing it was nine thirty still, she agreed to sit for a few hands when the guys finally, though reluctantly invited her and Salina to join in, with Tyrone doing the insisting.
                They sat at the long table they’d just cleared of breakfast, taking up one end so they could all reach the pot.  Salina sat across from Jen so they could read each other’s expressions better.  The girls sort’a team-tagged the guys.  Not cheating, Jenny wouldn’t dream of playing that way, just feminine intuition helping the girls assist each other with little jabs and jokes, knocking the guy’s confidence with their card hands.  The ladies prided themselves in knowing how to bluff and when to fold.
                By eleven-thirty the guys were frowning and grumbling and the girls were giggling with joy.  Their chips were piled high and the fella’s were all low.
                Salina ’s Mom laughed loudly at the group of irritated males as she started putting on a pot of stew for their later lunch.      “Haven’t you boys learned anything after all these years?” she asked.
                Tyrone gave her a grin.  “Got’ta keep my baby sis on her toes.  And this fairy creature she’s now friends with needed to get her aggression out, what with cutting off all her hair.  I’d sure hate to be the dude who got her that angry.”
                Salina and Jenny shared a look that didn’t pass his notice. 
“So, I was right.  It was a guy.  Who is he Jen, so I can go kick his butt for you!”
                Jenny jumped up, kissed his temple as she hugged his neck from behind his chair before heading out the door.  “Ty, you’re a sweetie pie.  Love ya for that thought.”
                Waving bye as she left, she turned and caught him looking back at her, grinning his handsome flirtatious grin that made his list of girlfriends a long list.  He’d always wanted to add her to that list, swearing with a sly smile he’d forsake all others.  She knew it’d be hard for him, only one gal?  Nada.  She never took the bait.  He was a fine man and they did sort’a click, but she didn’t want to have Salina on her case if they didn’t work out.
                Stopping at the gas station to put eight dollars worth of gas in her car, her winnings from the card game, Jenny got another call, this time it was Jason.
                With a happy smile she answered, “What’s up big guy?  Are we still on for tomorrow’s beach party?”
                Jason answered with a smile in his voice, “That’s why I’m calling.  To remind you.  Is four o’clock late enough to pick you up?  I know Thomas will be home and I don’t want to infringe on time with