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his arms, knocking him off-balance as we both fell crashing to the carpet.
    “I’m so sorry,” I said laughing and crying at the same time. “You don’t mind if I come in, do you?”
    He helped me up before shutting the door behind us without questioning why I was there. We had just parted ways less than two hours ago, but it was clear that he already missed me. “Are you hungry? I just had a pizza delivered,” he confessed, rubbing his stomach. “I sure did work up one hell of an appetite this afternoon!”
    “Me too, I’m starving,” I replied back shyly as my cheeks grew warm. Leaning down, Jay cupped my face and kissed me before he left to fix us a plate.
    Wow, he sure is affectionate .
    Simple actions like that were long gone in my marriage.
    “Where is everyone?” I asked, staring around the living room that I never imagined in a million years that I would ever find myself back in.
    “Vegas. I have the whole place to myself this weekend, remember?”
    Not really, but that wasn’t important.
    “You have no parental supervision!”
    Times certainly have changed. Nowadays, parents barely let their kids go outside and play, let alone, leave them to party in Las Vegas for an entire weekend. I guess I was on my own since no one else was here to help me with my plan to save him.
    “My aunt is supposed to check on me in the morning,” he yelled back from the kitchen.
    His aunt. She had been the person who had to tell me the heartbreaking news. I can still remember the unbearable sadness in her voice as she tried to explain the accident to me.
    Shake it off girl, I chastised myself. If all goes well tonight then that particular conversation will never happen. I have a real chance to right a horrible wrong. So please God , do not allow me to screw this up completely.
    He sat down in the middle of the couch, while I sat on the floor between his long legs and enjoyed our warm gooey pepperoni with extra cheese pizza. I hid my face as much as possible from him so that he wouldn’t become suspicious that something was bothering me. He was a pro at reading my face or part psychic when it came to me, take your pick .
    A basketball game was on. I wasn’t a big fan of the sport anymore since Jordan retired, but I was barely paying any attention to it anyways. I was a little too preoccupied watching the clock on the wall tick by and waiting for the sun to set behind the trees outside the window.
    I will stay with him all night if I have to, in order to assure his safety. This was my plan… in fact, it was the only plan I had at that moment. I just prayed that it would be enough to make a difference.
    “You want to come with me to pick up your present before we go to the movies?” he whispered as his slick tongue ran along the side of my ear.
    “NO!” I screamed, startling him. “You’re all the present I need, babe.” I added sweetly after I saw the hurt in his eyes.
    “But you’re going to love it. I can hardly wait to see your face when you open it.”
    I cannot let the boy leave this bloody apartment! What to do, what to do, how do I stop him from wanting to go out? What can a girl possible do to make him stay put all night long?
    Bingo! The light bulb came on over my head.
    “Can we do all that tomorrow, babe? I don’t want to share you with anyone else tonight. Can we just stay here and enjoy this nice, big… empty… space all by ourselves instead?” I purred in my most seductive voice, staring up at him thru my long lashes with my big, hazel, puppy dog eyes.
    How could the boy resist? I had this look perfected by the time I was old enough to walk. No question about it, I had him wrapped around my little finger. There was no possible way he could refuse me.
    Man, I’m a stinker!
    “Well, when you put it that way… how can I ever say no? So tell me, love. What I can do to make all your birthday wishes come true?”
    Oh yeah, he’s good too, I reminded myself quickly, adoring the way he spoke to me