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aimed at the unsuspecting woman. “Why are you
here?”
    “I
called you and I told you I’m coming to crash here. What is that?” The venom in
Lisette’s tone could out-do that of a cobra.
    “Put
some pants on, Lisette.”
    “Put
some pants on Lisette!” She mimicked him, down to the angry tone of his voice.
He watched as she left for the bathroom to retrieve her jeans. The whole time
he couldn’t turn to face Katherine. He could guess what she was thinking. But
he didn’t think he cared to set it straight. Lisette called back “Don’t take
that tone with me Adrian Jackson Ross. I bet you won’t be telling that to put her pants on. Will you AJ?”
    “Where
is your car, Lisette?” AJ’s tone softened. It didn’t do them any good if they
were both angry.
    “What
do you care?” She used a sad little voice. “You didn’t even ask why I came here
in the first place.”
    “All
right.” AJ could feel the guilt consume him. He muttered a curse when he saw
tears well in her eyes. “Okay, come to my room and we’ll talk.”
    “I’m
not going into that STD infested zone.”
    AJ
could feel his patience wear thin when Lisette stuck out her stubborn jaw. He
hated that. “Let me grab a T-shirt, and we can talk in the living room.”
    “I hope
you are not doing it for my benefit. Your friend is drooling all over herself. She hasn’t stopped looking at you since you
walked into the room. And if you don’t lace your pants there will be more of
you to see.”
    AJ
instinctively grabbed his trousers as his eyes darted toward Katherine. The
crimson blush in her cheeks told him that Lisette was right. He turned around
and began to head for his room, when he realized Lisette wasn’t following.
“Lisette!” he warned in a low, but forceful tone that left no room for
argument.
    “Pick
your jaw up from the floor. He’s just human.”
    “Lisette!”
    “Don’t
you ‘Lisette!’ me!” she grumbled as she stomped out of the room.
    AJ
swallowed hard and settled a steady gaze on Katherine. “I’m sorry.”
    “No
more shouting, Lisette. Tell me, what’s wrong?” AJ asked in annoyance once his
apology was swallowed by the bang of Katherine’s door shutting behind her.
    “Reno
and I had a fight.”
    “Of
course,” he muttered under his breath. “What about?”
    “I was in
a fight.” He watched as Lisette began to toy with the bottom of her T-shirt. He
knew she was at fault—she only did that when she felt guilty. But he wasn’t
about to tell her that. It was getting late and he needed his rest. “It was
bitch- toria . She is always trying to rile me up. This
time she kissed Reno on the cheek. He’s not even playing anymore. He was on the
sidelines the whole time. Bitch- toria gave him a
congratulatory kiss.” Lisette rolled her eyes and AJ had to catch the laugh
that almost tore through him. All Lisette needed were her pigtails and she
would be back in third grade.
    “So
what’s the problem?”
    “I sort
of hit her. But she wasn’t even bleeding. Reno got all mad saying I’m too
violent. He said I needed to calm down, or else.”
    AJ was
terrified about venturing down that road. No one in their right mind challenged
Lisette with a dare. It didn’t matter what it was, she would end up with the
upper hand. “Or else what?”
    “Or
else he was going to break up with me. So guess what, I beat him to it.”
    “Yikes!”
AJ rubbed the imaginary sweat off his brow.
    Lisette
sat on the sofa, her elbows on her knees and her fists supporting her chin. “I
shouldn’t have done that.”
    “No you
shouldn’t have.” AJ rose from his chair and sat next to her. He soothingly
rubbed circles around her back. The good thing about Lisette was she wasn’t the
crying type. If it was Catalella he would be cradling an emotional wreck in his
arms. “You need to talk to him. Hasn’t he called you?”
    “He
did. But I was kind of mean.”
    “Do you
want me to call him?”
    “Would
you? Please, AJ?” Her face