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men come and go from Heather’s bedroom door and some spoke the same way about her. My question would only confirm his commitment to the choice he made…it would dictate the man he was.
    “Yes, anything.” He brushed his hand over mine very softly. The gentle contact made me smile.
    “How long has it been since you have been with her?” I licked my lips nervous about his answer. An answer that would tell me so much about the quality of man he was.
    “By ‘been with her’ I assume you are talking about sex?”
    I just nodded my head , not really sure why I was asking this personal question to a man I barely knew. Even more, what would I do with the information, bad or good? I was lying to myself I knew exactly what I would do with the information. I would take it and run.
    He looked strained at the question . “About three months ago, we agreed to be friends. Her brother was one of my best friends, and I wanted to remain his friend. Later I knew I couldn’t have one without the other. I saw her at his club the night before the incident in the coffee place. She was under the influence of something, maybe just alcohol, and I saw other men circling her. I got protective, and took her home with me. She was very appreciative, if you know what I mean. When I turned her down, she began breaking things, throwing things. I called her brother, he came and got her, we said our good-byes, and that was it.” His eyes darted away from me, not wanting to go further about his ex-girlfriend, I could tell.
    “I am sorry.” It was silent for a minute. I was sorry it was hard for me to see pain or hurt and not feel for others. It was as if I was hypersensitive to others because I couldn’t feel for myself. “How did you meet your club owner friend?”
    “I used to work for Brad . I was a bouncer when I was in college. I let off a lot of steam, aggression. He let me escort all the troublemakers out.” He grinned as he said it. “My turn to ask questions.” He took a drink of his water and turned to me with thoughtfulness in his eyes, making me melt. I watched his beautiful lips as he spoke. “What do you do for work?”
    My heart increase at the question, and I wasn’t sure I could have smiled any bigger. “I am a dental hygienist. I work for a very nice dentist and have an amazing group of girls I work with. I am not sure anyone would understand the love I have for my job, but I am very lucky to do what I love.”
    He just looked at me and smiled , his green eyes sparkling. “And your girlfriend Heather, where did you meet her?”
    The waiter br ought our food and put it in front of us.
    “I met Heather in high school . She was relentless at becoming my friend. It was an all-girl high school, and I came midway through the year. At my other high school, my only friends were male, so I was way out of my comfort zone. Before Heather, I didn’t get along with most girls, but she would sit next to me daily and talk. She included me in everything. Even though I made it clear I was not interested, she kind of made me go, and I would enjoy doing things I normally would never try. One day I just started sitting by her instead of waiting for her to sit by me. She was always good to me, honest, so I trusted her. She needed me just like I needed her. It just kind of worked. We lived together in college.”
    I started cutting my chicken. The food looked so good. I couldn’t believe he ’d known just what to order for me.
    “Thank you for my dinner . It looks wonderful.” I put the chicken in the barbecue sauce just a little and looked at him as I brought the piece to my mouth overly enjoying the sight of my meal. “How did you know what to order for me?”
    He was serious for a minute . “Heather asked where we were going at the apartment. When I told her she said you only eat chicken.”
    I didn’t remember any conversation, so I smiled , cut him off a piece, dipped it into the sweet barbecue sauce, and moved my fork toward