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him to the coffee pot and noticed he was biting the inside of his cheek. I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but I didn’t want to pry.
    “Are you going to be ok here by yourself?” he asked.
    “I’ll be fine,” I said, as I poured myself a cup of coffee.  It felt like I was lying to him.
    “Look, I don’t know much about what went on with your ex, but he seems like a dick, and I’m kind of worried that he might try fucking with you when I’m gone.”
    “Nah, he won’t,” I said, definitely feeling like a liar. But I was sick of feeling like a victim.
    “He just gets off on putting his hands on you and slicing your tires,” he said, biting his cheek again as he stared at me. He looked pissed.
    “Really, I’m fine,” I tried to reassure the both of us. “I already told him if he didn’t leave me alone I would call the cops, and he’s too worried about his reputation, trust me. He won’t bother me again.” Part of that statement was true, but I was more concerned with convincing Kash right now.
    “Just promise me you’ll call someone: the cops, Moon, someone, if he gives you trouble,” he said, as he moved a few steps towards me. My breathing quickened as soon as I felt him get closer.
    “Yeah, of course,” I said, in a hoarse whisper.
    “My rig is seven hours away, but I want you to call me if anything happens,” he said. He seemed so conflicted.
    “Kash, really, I can handle this.” I tried to say with confidence.
    “I just….” he said with his head down. I waited for him to finish. “I just want you safe, that’s all,” he said, as he raised his head up and gave me a small smile that didn’t meet his eyes.
    He took another two steps closer to me, until our bodies were touching. He ran his hand along the side of my cheek, the side that still had a faded bruise and the remnants of a tiny cut. My eyes instinctively closed, hoping for a kiss. But then I felt his lips brush across my forehead, and then a heavy breath escaped from his mouth as he moved them off my skin.
    “I gotta go,” he said, and turned away from me. The word disappointment doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling I had in the pit of my stomach.
    “Be careful,” I said, as I watched him pick up his bag and head to the front door.
    “Ditto,” he said with a little laugh, as he turned around and winked at me. I couldn’t help but laugh a little, too, remembering my stupid comment.
    I sat on the couch, listening to his engine start, and waited for the sound to fade out of my ear shot. He was worried about me, I could tell. It shocked me. I had never seen that side of Kash. He was always so carefree, and acted like he didn’t worry about anything. I’ve had feelings for him for months, but these last couple of days they have been growing by the second. When he kissed me last night, I wanted to tell my promise to go to hell and attack him right then. I knew he was starting to feel something for me. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I wanted to believe it was more than just sex. I hoped so anyway. But I wasn’t going to bet on it. I couldn’t.
    I looked at the clock and realized my Kash daydreaming needed to come to an end. For now, anyway. I had to get to work.
    Once I got to work, I dove straight into the new software. I had been at it for at least two hours when Lauren, one of the front desk girls knocked on the door.
    “You have a call on line one,” she said quickly, and then scurried back to the front.
    That was strange, I never got calls. I didn’t really know that many people, and the ones I did would just call my cell. I hoped there wasn’t some kind of emergency.
    “This is Mackenzie, can I help you?” I said into the phone.
    Silence.
    “Hello?”
    Nothing.
    “Hello?” I repeated.
    Then I heard a click.
    I wasn’t stupid, I knew it was Jake. He knew I couldn’t answer my phone at work, so he was resorting to this. Kash had it right, he was a dick.
    I walked to the front office and headed over