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her with her wrap, followed her out of the lounge
and took the back exit of the hotel. He grabbed her hand before
crossing the street. “Where are you parked?”
    “The next block.” Connie could feel the
strength in his hand just by the gentle touch. “What made you come
to this particular party tonight? I doubt seriously that you were
on the guest list?”
    Thomas raised her hand and kissed her
fingers. “I’ll have you know that I received and engraved
invitation from Samantha Graham herself.”
    “What! Samantha sent you a personal
invitation! Why would she do that?”
    Thomas turned her hand and kissed the inside
of her wrist. “Well I am a client, but I also think she picked up
on your feelings for me and decided to throw us together.”
    Connie snatched her hand out of his grasp,
took her car keys from her purse, and marched towards her car. “I
don’t have any feelings for you!”
    Thomas was quick on her heels determined that
she wouldn’t get the last word. He pressed his body against hers as
she tried to open the car door. “I think you do Constantina. For
the past year, you’ve been avoiding me. Tell me baby, why are you
afraid? He turned her around crowding her into the car as he kissed
her. She opened her mouth giving him the opportunity he needed to
taste her. “You have nothing to fear from me, we’re going to be
good together.”
    Connie wanted to wrap her arms around his
neck and lose herself in Thomas’s kiss, but her common sense raised
its head. She pushed him away as she collected herself. “I’m not
afraid of anything.”
    “You’re afraid of how you feel about me. I
tried to give you time to know me by the traditional methods, but
you ignored all of my lures. I’m putting you on notice Constantina,
you will be mine and sooner than you think. This thing between us
isn’t going to go away, and I won’t let you ignore me any
longer.”
    “Do your best Thomas you won’t win.” Connie
got into the car and drove off leaving him in the parking lot
looking after her.
    He had to say one thing about Constantina
she's a fighter. She wouldn't win this war. His future happiness
depended on the outcome being in his favor. “You can run
Constantina, but I refuse to let you hide any longer.” He walked a
couple more blocks to his own car, happier than he’d been in a long
time. He began whistling as he planned the downfall of his new
love.
    ***
    Connie was still reeling from Thomas’s kiss.
She had to calm down before she had a wreck. The next time she saw
Samantha she was going to kick her ass. She took the North Freeway
and turned left on Sorensen Parkway. Another five minutes heading
west and she was home. She lived a mile from a major hospital in a
quiet neighborhood.
    Momma Lettie and her husband Henry purchased
the house when she became pregnant with their son, Henry Jr. Connie
loved the split-level house she inherited when Momma Lettie passed
away. The state tried to sell it from under her, but her Aunt Mabel
stepped in. She became her legal guardian and moved in with Connie
preserving her home.
    She smiled while thinking about her aunt. Her
birthday's tomorrow and Connie was driving to the assisted living
facility in Kearney to spend a couple of days with her. Aunt Mabel
was celebrating 85 years of life, a wonderful milestone for a
wonderful woman.
    Connie probably should have sold her house. A
three-bedroom house with a full basement was a lot of room for one
person. The house was a link to her momma that she wouldn't lose.
She felt a wave of sadness over come her, every time she turned
around, she was losing someone. Her circle of family and friends
was so small, when she had a loss the recovery process took
longer.
    Momma Lettie treated her better than her own
mother did. Originally, Momma Lettie took her in as a foster child
when Connie was ten and later adopted her. Connie didn’t know how
she did it especially in the 1990’s conservative Nebraska. It was
almost unheard of