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familiar and not at the same time?
    "This is Elena Lyon, we spoke earlier today."
    "Oh hi."
    Why the heck was Colton's mother calling me, please lady don't ask me any leading questions, please please please.
    "I bet you're wondering why I'm calling when we've never even met.
    I got your number from Jared, he's such a good boy, anyway I'm calling to invite you personally to our annual barbecue picnic on Monday, I know it's short notice but I didn't know about you until today so you can't refuse.
    I won't take no for an answer, besides there's nothing else to do in this town on that day, everyone comes to my little get-togethers, you'll have a great time, great food, nice company what more can you ask, besides it'll be a great opportunity to meet the wives of the guys you work with, it'll be wonderful.
    So I'll see you at about one, we like to start early, make a whole day and evening of it. If you need a ride that's okay too, I can certainly arrange that for you,so we're set then yes?"
    "Uh, sure, okay."
    Geez the lady's a steamroller.
    I hurried her off before she had me agreeing to God knows what, and for some unknown reason, my heart was beating unusually fast.
    "Mom can I talk to you later?"
    "Sure baby, everything okay?"
    "Yeah everything's fine, just have to do something."
    I hung up with my mother and fell back against the bed, a barbecue picnic with people, from the sounds of it lots of people.
    No wonder my heart was beating out of sync.
    What a way to throw yourself into deep end Kat.
    Oh well, you can't change your mind now and offend the boss's mother, so it's sink or swim time.
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    Ha, my son thinks he can outsmart me, good luck with that, the boy has always been a bit too brainy for his own good, but nothing beats a mother on the hunt for a daughter-in-law and grand babies.
    Shoot, Stacy had already declared herself out of the running since her and Em had been trying for years without success and she refused to try artificial insemination, and Carol was nowhere near ready.
    Anyway, my girl Char might be a crackpot but she knows her stuff.
    My son had the nerve to lie to me repeatedly over dinner last night, he'll pay for that.
    'No mom, I didn't meet any girls today.'
    Ha, he's been telling that same lie for ten years now, I wonder how on earth he got his reputation as a cad if he wasn't meeting girls.
    Of course he doesn't know that I know about such things, but women talk and some of the things I've heard about my one and only baby boy are not fit for mixed company.
    He's his father's son after all.
    Well according to Jared this Katarina is young in years but very smart,we'll just wait and see.
    She sounded sweet as pie on the phone and I hope I'm not disappointed when we finally meet.
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    Chapter 5: Chapter 5
    I went in the next day wondering if his mom had said anything to him about the invite, all night I tossed and turned like a crazy person, thinking about things I hadn't let cross my mind in quite some time, like what should I wear.
    I got cold bumps just thinking about it, it had been a while since I'd worn anything other than a gunny sack, my protective shield.
    I'm coming to realize that it's silly, in my head I know that, it's getting the rest of me to go along with it that's the problem.
    Oh well, if push comes to shove I can always wear one of dad's old flannel shirts and some sweats.
    Classy Kat.
    Well if my biggest problem was what to wear then I'd say I was making progress, a few months ago just the thought of being out in public surrounded by all those people would've sent me into shock.
    I heard voices coming from the game room, that's the room the guys hung out in and ate or played pool and video games when they were having down time.
    There was even a kids' corner and when I'd asked Colton about it he'd told me in his gruff way 'bitches got shit to do sometimes so their old man brings the kid in and we take turns watching over the little tykes.'
    I went down to the room to see what was