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she focused on the scent of the bacon and the warmth of the water.
    She let her mind linger on Danny. The way that he made her feel with the simplest of touches had always amazed her. Amelia hadn't lost any of the wonder. It didn't have to be a sexual touch, him simply putting his hand on her skin was enough to distract from whatever was running rampant through her mind. When he was near her it felt like them against the world, and for a long time, it had been.
    Her parents hadn't been thrilled that she'd taken up with an older guy, a biker at that, but she'd been 18 and headstrong. They laid down ultimatums, and she'd responded by cutting them out of her life and moving in with Danny. It wasn't long after that they'd gone to City Hall and married, and too soon after he was heading to jail. Then the sky fell; it was her alone against the world.
    Amelia knew that the world had won. For the first two years after she'd left Detroit the only time she'd been pulled together and smiling had been on her return to visit her family. Every other day it was either she managed to drag herself out of bed or she didn't. When she did, she'd sought work at temporary agencies that paid well for jobs no one wanted to do. It didn't matter that all she could afford was a shitty rent by the week room.
    Eventually she'd worked her way up to a shitty rented by the month apartment where she could actually keep food because it wasn't infested with anything. She'd found a job at a thrift store, the owner happy to pay her to sit around so that he didn't have to. The job was gone now; she hadn't even thought to call until two days after she'd left. Ed had been sympathetic, wished her the best with her family but had decided to close the store.
    Her landlord would clean her place out the first day that her rent was late, and she didn't have the money to send. She'd burned through what she had to spend, and her savings, to pay for the gas to get to Detroit and the cleaning supplies she'd bought for Fiona's house. Once again, the sky was falling.
    “You drown in there or what?” Danny pushed open the door without knocking. His gaze went immediately to the bubbles on the top of the water. “Where'd you get bubble bath from?”
    “The corner store when I had to pick up toilet paper.”
    “Yeah, sorry about that. I've been meaning to go to the store. I did however manage to make you something to eat. Well, I'm mostly done. I don't want to make the grilled cheese until we're ready to eat.
    “Grilled cheese?” Amelia felt the smile spread across her face. “And tomato soup?”
    “Straight out of the can,” Danny confirmed with a laugh. “And I fried a ton of bacon to go on the grilled cheese.”
    “My favorite sick food.” It was the meal he'd made for her every time that she'd felt sick or was just sad.
    “Come on, don't cry.” His alarm was obvious. “I was trying to cheer you up.”
    “You did. You have.” Amelia looked up at him. “Thank you.”
    “No sweat. You need anything else in here? You want a beer?”
    “Beer would be nice.” Amelia felt her heart speed up. She forced herself to speak before she could chicken out. “Some company would be nice, too.” She smiled wider as she saw shock cross his face. It had been three nights since she ended up in his house, in his bed, and he'd been a gentleman the entire time. He'd slept on the couch, despite her telling him she'd fit there better.
    “Maybe I don't want to smell like a chick.” He was teasing, and she knew it because he was starting to undress. He had already taken off his cut; it hung in a place of honor just inside the door so he didn't have to much to take off, an old faded tee shirt, his equally faded jeans and socks which had seen better days. She really needed to get him some new ones.
    The surprisingly domestic thought threw her off guard; her mind wandered but soon her attention returned to Danny as he walked towards the tub. “You forgot the beer.” Amelia teased