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earlier and told her the name of the restaurant so she could meet him there at seven o’clock. It was now three o’clock and she desperately needed a bath and a nap. She’d been on duty for over twenty-four hours; now she was off for the next four days. Her plan was to get plenty of rest and finally give her house that spring cleaning it needed.
    When she entered her house, she sifted through the mail and tossed it on the kitchen table. Opening the refrigerator, she pulled out some bottled water and kicked off her shoes. There were two messages on her answering machine: one from her nosy, older sister, Gwendolyn; and the other from her father, who still lived on a farm in Mississippi. It had been months since she’d had a chance to go visit her family, but her father’s upcoming sixtieth birthday was approaching in about three weeks. The family had planned a huge party for him; one that she’d missed out on helping to plan. Her father had been everything to her since losing her mother when she was eight years old. Getting something very special for his birthday was something she planned to do on her week off.
    Stepping into the hot sudsy water induced her fatigue. Meridan figured she’d take a catnap in hopes of gaining an energy boost for her dinner withKeaton. She quickly applied lotion to her skin, crawled under covers of her soft linens, and fell fast asleep.

    Keaton hurried about his room getting dressed. He’d checked his watch several times to make sure he wasn’t running late. He’d chosen some brown dress slacks, a beige collarless shirt, and a matching jacket.
    Arnelle walked by his room, then backed up to take a second look. She’d grown accustomed to him going out since he’d been in Philly but, for some reason, tonight he had a different vibe.
    Walking into his room, she asked, “Hey, Little Brother! Where are you headed?”
    â€œTo dinner,” he said without looking directly at her.
    Arnelle walked further into the room, approaching him. She played with the lapel on his jacket. “Who are you going to dinner with?”
    Keaton didn’t want to get into a big discussion with his sister. “Meridan.”
    â€œMeridan?” Arnelle started pacing the floor, ranting. “Keaton! Don’t you go playing around with Meridan like you do those other women you go out with! She’s not the one!”
    Keaton picked up his keys and glared at her. “I love you, Arnelle, but stay out of my business! I’m only having dinner with her. Damn! You act like I’m going to hurt her or something.”
    Folding her arms, she yelled back, “Well, aren’t you? You’ve made it an art form, mistreating all the others when you’re done with them.”
    â€œI don’t mistreat them. I make it plain and clear in the beginning that I’m not looking for love. It’s just that some of them have a hard time accepting it.”
    â€œKeaton, please don’t…”
    Keaton kissed her on the forehead and softly said, “It’s only dinner, Sis. Goodnight.”
    Arnelle gnawed on her nail as she turned to watch her brother walk out of the room. She hurriedly walked into her bedroom where she found Winston in bed reading. “Winston! Did you know Keaton was going out with Meridan tonight?”
    Without looking up, he calmly replied, “Yes, I did.”
    â€œWhy didn’t you tell me? I don’t think this is a good idea. You know how Keaton is with women. He’s never been serious with any of them and most of them end up stalking him out of anger. One of these days…”
    Winston looked up at his wife, who was talking a mile a minute. She was clearly upset and worried about Keaton hooking up with Meridan.
    He took a deep breath, closed his book, and firmly said, “Sweetheart, calm down! Meridan and Keaton are grown. Stay out of it!”
    She put her hands on her hips and saw she