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in displeasure accented the curve of her hips and the fullness of her tits. She didn’t let me linger for long, though.
    “Are you going to tell me or not?”
    “Fine,” I began. “I can see that you’re not going to leave me alone until I do.”
    “No.”
    “See, the thing is, I don’t usually date women with kids. Hell, I don’t even date women with nephews . However, in your case I’m willing to make a special exception.”
    Just then, Ava’s expression changed again. The smile vanished from her lips and she looked away from me. After only another second or so, she turned.
    “I should be getting back.”
    I frowned. “What’s the rush?”
    I had no idea why she closed herself off from me all of a sudden. It must’ve had something to do with the kid, but I really didn’t know. What was clear was that I was losing the little connection we did have. If I didn’t do something, and do it quick, I could forget all about getting together with her.
    “Tell you what,” I said, stepping in her direction. “You can bring Simon with you if you want.”
    She shook her head. “No, I… This is really not something that I’m interested in, Dyson. You’re probably not as awful as I’ve been imagining, but…”
    “Oh thanks. That’s nice of you.”
    Ava uncrossed her arms and held them up in front of her body, pleading with me a bit. “No, that’s not what I meant. It’s just that… Oh, never mind.”
    I’d hit on a sensitive spot where the kid was concerned. There was obviously more to the story. She seemed like someone I wanted to get to know better, so I gave it one last shot.
    “I’m only gonna be here for a few days,” I said. “There’s no pressure. I mean, for Christ’s sake, I just said you could bring your nephew. How much less threatening could I possibly be?”
    Ava reached up and gathered a handful of hair in her hand to keep it from blowing in her face once more. Chewing on her lip, she looked at me.
    “I know I’m going to regret this.”
    I nodded and smiled. “How does eight o’clock sound?”
    She grimaced. “It sounds like something I need to think about.”

    AVA
    I glanced in the rearview mirror at my nephew’s semi-slumped position in the back seat.
    “Is he sleeping?” I whispered.
    Jillian turned in her seat and peeked into the rear of the car.
    Nodding, she glanced in my direction. “Yeah.”
    Dyson qualified to start in fifth place on race day. He seemed less than thrilled about it, but the excitement took its toll on my nephew. The afternoon at the racetrack exhausted poor Simon. Amid the hustle and bustle, Dyson and Marco went above and beyond to show him a good time. Fortunately for Jillian and me, once he fell asleep, Simon was all but impossible to wake up.
    I turned my attention to the road ahead. “It looks like you and Marco got along well today.”
    Jillian turned her head in my direction a bit. “Yeah.”
    Frankly, I’d hoped for a little bit more of an enthusiastic response from her. Not that it was practical or realistic for her to hook up with him, but I preferred anything over her good-for-nothing boyfriend, Dan.
    “That’s it?” I replied. “Yeah?”
    “What? He didn’t talk about himself very much. Most of the time he kept the conversation focused on me and Simon.”
    I frowned. “Hmm, okay.”
    Jillian turned her upper body towards me. “And, anyway, who cares about what happened with me? You still haven’t told me anything about your conversation with Dyson.”
    “Well, I really didn’t have an opportunity. You know, since we were all together the entire time.”
    Double checking, Jillian looked in the backseat one more time to see if Simon stirred at all.
    “Okay, it’s just me and you now. Spill it.”
    I shrugged. “There’s really nothing to say. He asked me out, and I told him I’d think about it.”
    “I don’t understand you sometimes, Ava,” she said, exhaling and dropping her hands in her lap. “Why don’t you just go