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take me, I’d very much appreciate it.” When he stepped forward, she practically snarled at him. “Don’t you dare. I swear to you if you kiss me again, I’m going to hit you over the head with something.”
    His dad burst out laughing and his mother was trying her best not to join him. Alex didn’t see anything the least bit funny about any of this and couldn’t understand what the hell they were laughing about.
    “ You are suppose to be going—” She lifted her hand and he shut up.
    “ Could someone please take me back to the bakery? I have a job there that needs finishing.” She smiled at his dad and he nodded.
    “ I’ll take you, dear. Let me get my coat. Alex, why don’t you stay here and keep your mother company?” Alex thought he heard his dad mumble, “it might be safer for you,” but wasn’t sure. They were out the door before he could get a word out.
    He looked over at his mom who was smiling at him. He didn’t care for that smile and wished like hell he’d taken Heather to his house. This one had lunatics in it.
    “ So, you’ve been kissing her, have you? She seems like a girl who…well, knows her own mind.” Alex wanted to glare at her, but couldn’t take another woman threatening him again today. “Who is she?”
    “ My wife.”

~Chapter 8~
     
    Jack looked at his mom again. She was acting strange. He’d never seen her hurt before for one thing, and she was madder than a hornet too. Jack had never actually seen a hornet before, but he’d heard his grandpa Tom say that before about somebody he worked with and decided if they looked like this then he wanted nothing to do with them. She started pacing again when he saw the tears.
    “ Mom, why don’t you sit down? You look like you could use a rest.” She actually looked like she could use a good long nap, but he wisely kept that to himself. “I’ll get you a cup of tea.”
    While he busied himself with the kettle, he kept hoping Grandpa Tom would come home. He’d know what to do. When she blew her nose again, Jack went over and hugged her. She hugged him back.
    “ Oh Jack, what have I done?” He didn’t know what she meant, but patted her on the shoulder as she continued. “That man is going to drive me insane. And if he thinks he can kiss me whenever he wants just because he—”
    “ Some man kissed you?” he shouted. “That’s just nasty. Gross, Mom, no wonder you’re all mad and stuff. Did he use his tongue and everything?”
    He knew he’d gone just a bit too far when she raised both her brows at him. He wondered if she thought he didn’t know about sex and then decided maybe he’d better not ask. She seemed sort of…unhinged today.
    “ He most certainly did not.” Then she frowned. “Not really. He…he did, but I didn’t like it. Not really.”
    “ You said that twice. Who kissed you and why?” He didn’t want to think about his mom having anyone kiss her but him. “Is he the one that hurt you?”
    “ No, he didn’t hurt me. It was an accident. Why did he kiss me?” She got up and started pacing the tiny kitchen. When the kettle started screaming that it was done, she made them both a cup of hot water. He hated hot tea and he was sure she knew it, but he thought if he got answers, he’d drink both their cups.
    “ I don’t have any idea why he kissed me. Maybe he’s deranged or something.” Jack liked the sound of that. “He said he wanted to kiss me again.” He didn’t care so much for that.
    “ Why? I mean, I guess it’s okay if you’re married or something when you have to kiss a girl, but gross, why would you do it on purpose? And want to do it again?” He picked up his cup and blew on it, stalling. “I seen people do it in movies, but I don’t see the big deal.”
    “ I suppose you’ll change your mind when you get older,” she told him as she sat down with her cup.
    He highly doubted that. Girls were okay and he liked kissing his mom, but girls? “I guess kissing a guy is