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know what I have to do.”
    â€œThank you,” he said, removing my hand from his face. He scooted down in bed and I got underneath the covers with him. Needing each other’s comfort, we lay quietly while Shane held me tightly in his arms.
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    Sleep was good, even though it was only for a few hours.
    â€œDo you have everything?” Shane asked, looking around the room.
    â€œThere wasn’t much to get. Let’s get out of here and go see about getting a tire.”
    As soon as we stepped out of the hotel, we heard a siren and panicked. Shane looked at me and I looked at him. We both watched as a police car drove down the highway, passing our exit. Surely, we were relieved.
    We drove to a nearby super center and Shane bought a new tire. It took less than an hour for the mechanic to put it on and we were back on the road.
    â€œAre you hungry?” Shane asked.
    â€œI’m starving, but I can wait until you stop at a gas station. A pack of sweet powdered donuts will suit me just fine.”
    He nodded and kept on driving. He hadn’t said much to me, so I looked through his CDs for something soothing to play.
    â€œIs this all you have?” I asked.
    â€œYes. All I listen to is jazz. If you want to hear Wallace Roney blow his horn this morning, then feel free to slide in just about any CD.”
    â€œWell, I’m not in the mood for Wallace, but, uh, can we talk?”
    â€œTalk about what?”
    â€œAbout what happened?”
    â€œYou mean,” he cleared his throat.
    â€œYes. About that.”
    â€œNokea, I’d like to put that as far away from my memory as possible. Talking about it is only going to make matters worse.”
    â€œNo it won’t. Since this is going to be our secret, I want to know how you felt about it.”
    His voice rose. “I feel horrible, so there! I feel as if I’ve betrayed my best friend, again. If I could take it back, I would.”
    â€œI understand. I feel bad about what happened too, but tell me how you really feel.”
    Shane looked over at me in disbelief. “Are you trying to fuck with my head? I just told you how I felt. What more do you want?”
    â€œI want the truth. Even though it was a horrible and scary situation, the way you performed said that you didn’t mind being where you were. And, your eyes—”
    â€œThe only thing you saw in my eyes was madness. Now, why are we going here? Must we sit here and even discuss this?”
    â€œNo, but . . . don’t you want to know how I felt?”
    â€œWith tears in your eyes, I knew how you felt. The look on your face said it all.”
    â€œYes, I was scared, but maybe, the tears in my eyes were because I felt ashamed for wanting to, you know.”
    â€œDon’t even go there Nokea! We’ve been down this road before when we kissed. I cannot do this again.” Shane spoke sternly and his face was without a smile. “It’s over, all right? What happened at that motel stays back there. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. Damn you for forcing me into this conversation!”
    I continued, wanting to get some things off my chest. “I’ll put closure to this conversation, but not before sharing with you my feelings. I . . . I love Jaylin and I will always love him. No matter what, I’ll never leave him, and he will never leave me. I had a feeling that one day, somehow, you and I would share what we did. The circumstances weren’t great, but the feeling is one I’ll never forget. I’m sure you share the same feelings as I do. Feeling that way doesn’t mean you don’t love Scorpio. It means that we put together a piece of the missing puzzles in our lives, and both of our curiosities about each other have been satisfied.”
    Shane pulled the car over to the side of the road, turned to me and gave me a disturbing look. “Thanks for sharing, Nokea, but I don’t quite see it that