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YOU HERE! I want you to leave and never come back!”
    “It’s not up to you. I missed your pregnancy, the birth and the first six years of my daughter’s life! I won’t be denied another minute!”
    “Don’t you see what you’re doing? You’re confusing her. She doesn’t understand why you keep coming around. I don’t understand it, either! She has a father! Just leave us alone!”
    “Is that what you really want?” he asked, stepping closer to me. He brushed the hair back off my face and his brief touch brought all of my senses back to life. I could smell him, touch him, and feel him. At that moment, he was mine for the taking. He made it obvious that he wanted to kiss me, but I wasn’t falling for him this time. I stepped back, but not before he pulled me to him and crushed his lips to mine.
    I hated him at that moment. He had awakened desires that I had managed to keep buried for over six years and he brought it all back with one kiss. I immediately started to pull away, but he pulled me closer, his kiss deepening, warm and inviting…wanting.
    I couldn’t stop myself. I finally gave in and kissed him back. My hands reached up to lace around his neck. Instead of pushing him away, I pulled him closer and opened my mouth, longing for the taste and touch of his tongue on mine.
    “A-hem! Excuse me! But, this is a ‘children’s park!’ If you two feel the need to continue, maybe you should go someplace a little more…private!” one of the mothers said while covering her son’s eyes from our passionate public display of affection.
    This brought me back to reality. I pulled away and my hands flew to my now -swollen lips. “Oh, God, where’s Shannon? I have to go!” I was shaking so hard, I was certain he could see it.
    “Rebecca,” he said; his voice hoarse with desire.
    “I have to go!” I ran to the slide and grabbed her hand, hurrying her along.
    “But, I was having fun! I don’t want to go!”
    “I’ll buy you some ice cream on the way home.” I picked up my screaming child and carried her away from my car so that she wouldn’t see him and I didn’t have to face him after what I’d just allowed. I headed to the other side of the park and doubled back to my car. I was so thankful that Shannon had been busy playing with her friends and hadn’t seen us kissing. I knew that

 
    Out of the Mouths of Babes
     
    We had dinner at my parent’s home that night. I almost cancelled, feigning an illness, but thought better of it with Parker having taken the night off. I knew it would be easier to avoid not only the topic of another child, but his increasing interest in restoring our sex life, if we spent the evening with my parents.
    We were eating dinner and once again I was lost in thought. I hadn’t eaten much in weeks and evidently it was starting to show.
    “Rebecca, please eat. You’re skin and bone! You’re going to make yourself sick if you don’t start eating regularly.”
    “I’m fine, Mom.”
    “You don’t look fine. You look tired and flushed. Do you have a fever?” she asked, leaning over and touching my forehead as if I were still a child.
    “Kiss her forehead, Grandma, that’s how you tell if she has a fever. Mommy always kisses my forehead when I’m sick.”
    She smiled at her granddaughter and then did just that, she leaned over and kissed my forehead. “You don’t feel warm.”
    “I’m fine. I’m just tired,” I said, irritated by the attention.
    “Is that what Snowballs doctor was doing today, Mommy? Checking to see if you have a fever? Did he give you ‘ biotics ’ too?”
    This brought me back to reality. “What? No, no Honey. I’m fine.”
    “What are you talking about?” Parker asked Shannon.
    “My friend…Snowball’s doctor. He was seeing if mommy had a fever today at the park…”             
    “Shannon…no, that’s not…” I was panicking.
    She ignored me, eager to finish her story. “But, he didn’t do it right. He kissed