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and—“
    “— I don’t want to hear
about it. And I’m busy right now. If you really need to talk, I’ll
call you tomorrow.”
    “ You’re with your
girlfriend, aren’t you? That cute redheaded banker?”
    “ How did you—“
    “— I’ve got friends. They
tell me things.”
    He didn’t know his ex had
any friends in town. He had moved from Longview to Coreyville to
get away from her and her backstabbing friends. It was hard to
believe that many of them had once been his friends too.
    Cynthia walked into the living room with the
giant bowl of popcorn.
    “ Whatever. Look I’ve gotta
go,” said Greg.
    “ She’s right there, isn’t
she? Are y’all in bed? Is she on top of you?”
    “ Goodbye!”
    “ Your ex?” said
Cynthia.
    “ Yes. Why did she have to
ruin my night?”
    “ What did she
want?”
    “ To harass me.”
    “ Yeah, but that can’t be
the only reason she called you after all this time.”
    “ Apparently, she has a
friend in Coreyville who told her about us.”
    “ So now she’s
jealous?”
    “ Maybe. But I don’t know
why. Of course, she’s always wanted what she couldn’t
have.”
    “ Or maybe she just can’t
stand to see you happy.”
    “ Maybe.”
    “ So, just show her. Be
happy.”
    Cynthia gave him a warm, luscious kiss. It
was short enough so they would still want to watch the movie, but
long enough to make him forget about Susan.
    **********
    It was only 9:00 PM, but Macy couldn’t wait
any longer. She had to see what was going on in the Media Room. She
prayed that Elmo and Carsie were just watching TV.
    At 56, Dr. L.R. ‘Elmo’ Mobley was
practically a virgin. He hadn’t had been with a woman in years.
Macy had heard the full account from Mallie Mae years ago, when she
first moved in to care for her after she broke her leg. Macy was
her full-time nurse at first. But Mallie Mae enjoyed her company so
much that she asked Macy to stay on, even after the leg had
healed.
    When he was 37, Elmo had
been giving every ounce of energy to his patients. But he finally
grew tired of having no personal life. So he started dating. She
was a nurse at Coreyville General Hospital—a very nice lady. And
eventually the two set a wedding date. But Mallie Mae did not
approve. And she did everything she could think of to destroy their
relationship. But Elmo knew his mother was trying her best to break
them up. So all that did was make him more
determined to go through with his marriage plans.
    Then Mallie Mae crafted her most devious
scheme ever. She paid off a sleazy private detective to produce
porn pictures of Elmo’s fiancé. It was not that difficult to merge
shots of her head with graphic sex pictures he found on the
internet.
    The doctor showed the photographs to his
fiancé and she denied she had ever posed for such lurid pictures.
He wanted so badly to believe her. But his mother had planted a
terrible seed of doubt. And it grew like Dandelions—every time you
pull one out of the ground to destroy it, you just scatter more
seeds.
    Ultimately, the couple was doomed. He hated
Mallie Mae for it. She had made him miserable while he was in
medical school. Now she had destroyed his chance for love and
happiness. He swore he would never forgive her.
    After that, whether consciously or not, he
closed himself off to any possibility of a romantic relationship.
Because Macy was aware of this, she had never pursued anything but
a friendship. But sometimes it was all she could do to keep from
telling him how she really felt.
    Then, after so many years of loneliness,
Carsie had bumped into him at the grocery store and stolen his
heart. He had stopped by Kroger’s at lunchtime for a fix. Not many
people knew he was addicted to Brach’s Candy Corn. Couldn’t be any
other brand—had to be Brach’s. He kept a supply hidden in a desk
drawer. So he went straight to the candy aisle and there she
was—buying Brach’s Candy Corn. Supposedly, she was hooked on the
stuff too. What were the