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really missing her the
way she was missing him, she wondered? Quickly, she pulled up a new
text to Cliff.
    Rachel:
Thank you so much for the flowers. They are so beautiful.
    She
had gotten to her car before her phone buzzed.
    Cliff:
You already thanked me for them. Are you missing me?
    Rachel
sat in her car with a confused look as she reread his message before
answering.
    Rachel:
You are too funny. I was talking about the ones that were just
delivered. They look really good next to the ones you brought Friday.
I do miss you very much.
    Cliff:
I didn't send flowers. I'm calling you in two minutes. I have to get
out of this meeting.
    Rachel
started her car and pulled out of the lot, as she thought about what
he said. Was he playing with her, she wondered? She was on her way to
the mall when he called.
    "Good
morning," she said.
    "Good
morning," he answered. "I didn't send flowers this morning.
I would have, but I haven't had a second to myself. I'm looking
forward to lunch Wednesday. I'm looking even more forward to this
weekend. What did the card say?"
    "It
just said I miss you. There was no signature. I feel so stupid for
texting you. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have assumed it was you."
    "Don't
feel like that. There's no reason to apologize. I'm counting the days
to see you. I'm trying to get all of my meetings out of the way so we
can spend the weekend without me on conference calls. Is there
someone else that could have sent them?"
    "Not
that I can think of. Your flowers were the only ones I had gotten in
years. Oh shit!" she yelped into the phone.
    "What?"
he asked.
    "It's
nothing. I'm sorry for bothering you during your meeting."
    "You
know who they're from, don't you?" he asked.
    She
was silent for a moment.
    "Rachel,"
he said. "We've only known each other a week. We haven't
committed or anything. If there's someone else you're talking to, I'd
like to know about it."
    "I'm
not talking to anyone else. I promise you that. I think they may be
from Jake. He sent me flowers when we were much younger. They were
the same kind. I hadn't thought about it. I just assumed something
and shouldn't have."
    "Has
he tried to call you?" Cliff asked in a serious tone.
    Rachel
felt bad for sending him that text.
    "No,"
she said. "I haven't seen or heard from him except for in court
and through lawyers. I'm sorry that I interrupted your day and got
you involved. I can handle it. I'll let you get back to what you were
doing. Have you made the plans for the weekend yet? I'm thinking
maybe."
    "Stop,"
he said in a demanding voice. "You're not pushing me away
because of this. You're buying me lunch Wednesday, and I'm taking you
away this weekend. Do you want him back in your life? Please be
honest with me."
    "No
way," she snapped. "He's scum. He has made my life hell
since the day I walked in on them. I now realize it started way
before that. I think it's because you took her away from him. He's
probably just bored. He doesn't have a job either, but he doesn't
know that I know. Do you think he knows we're talking?"
    "No,"
he said. "I never said a word. He called here this morning
again. Maybe I should tell him to be with her. She's my sister. I
care about her, but what she did was wrong."
    "What
he did was much worse," Rachel interrupted. "Maybe they
care about each other."
    "If
he cared about her, would he be sending you flowers? He's an ass,"
Cliff said. "What are you doing today?"
    "I'm
going shopping for our trip. At least that's what I was going to do.
I shouldn't have gotten you involved."
    "I
want you to be honest with me. I would rather you tell me than keep
it to yourself," he said.
    "I
know we've only known each other for a week. We're not committed,
like you said," she said. "It's just that you've made me
feel things I've never felt before. I know that things could be so
much better with someone else than it was with him. I see that now."
    "I
didn't mean anything when I said we weren't committed. Your choice of
the words someone else is