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she
thought of him.  Damn, she wasn’t supposed to be thinking of
him.  What if she was the one who ended up at a spa trying not
to cry over a memory.
    “ I’m sure he’s figured it
out by now.”  Her mother waived her hand as if this whole
thing were nothing but bother.  “I can’t tell you how many
times I haven’t shown up for something, and the people get the
picture soon enough.”
    “ What if I thought I could
just walk away, but I can’t?”  She just needed to think. 
The way he held her and kissed her and treated her like a princess
scared her.  The way she couldn’t stop thinking about him
terrified her.  The way she wanted to be with him almost made
her pass out.
    “ That’s the time to walk
away.  You don’t want to end up like me.”  Her mother
motioned for the technicians to continue.  “Now lay back and
finish your treatments.”
    With the knot in her stomach ever growing,
she forced her back into the chair and squeezed her eyes
shut.  Wilson was still there no matter how hard she tried to
make him go away.
    * * * *
    FOR MAYBE THE FIFTH TIME that day, Wilson
paced around the main room of the bar and glanced at his watch.
Somewhere in the course of dropping her off at her apartment last
night and right now he managed to misplace his girlfriend.
    Girlfriend.
    Wait a minute. Did he really just think that
word?
    He rewound his thoughts.
    Yes, he just thought that word. What else
could she be? They spent every day together, they spent the better
parts of the nights together, they did everything together, even
worked together, and he didn’t want it to end.
    In fact, since he was being completely
honest with himself, he admitted he only wanted more.
    At the moment, what he wanted more than
anything was for her to arrive. Their newly hired staff was on
their way for training, and he had a meeting with another alcohol
vendor. She should have been here over an hour ago.
    Thus far, he had texted her three times and
called twice. At what point did he turn from a concerned boyfriend
to insane person? Also, at what point did he tell her they were in
a formal relationship?
    He broke into a sweat and decided to make
his texts even with his phone calls and dialed her number once
more.
    Where before the phone rang a few times
indicating she simply didn’t answer, this time the call went right
to voice mail meaning she was on the phone. Maybe she was calling
him and he hung up. After several minutes with no missed calls or
voice mails, he ground his teeth together.
    He was either upset or worried. Upset if she
didn’t just quickly call and tell him where she was when she was
supposed to be here, and worried if for some reason she couldn’t
call.
    A knock came at the front door right as he
was about to make yet another call. “There she is.” Though she
usually let herself in the back, she had her quirks. He rushed to
the door, practically colliding with the damn thing before opening
it.
    “ Hello boss, we’re here for
our training.” One of the men he vaguely recognized saluted
him.
    He scanned the group of six individuals.
They all showed except the one person who mattered. These were her
little chickens. She built the coop, how could she not be here?
Something must have happened. His chest seized. Why didn’t they
just stay together at night? Palm Springs was amazing. They woke up
together, made love and had breakfast. That’s how life should
be.
    “ Can we come in or is this
part of the training?” The man waved his hand in front of Wilson’s
face.
    “ Yeah, come in.” He stepped
back from the door. In the hours they were apart, something
dreadful must have taken place. That’s how it always happened.
“I’ll be right back.”
    Without waiting for them to come in, he
dashed into the kitchen. His only luck thus far was nearly banging
into his brother.
    “ Whoa!” Logan stepped back.
“What’s your deal?”
    He glared into his brother’s eyes.
    Logan straightened up.