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about Devlin. My mind
was too busy mulling over the brief interchange Devlin and I had just had and
how I had NOT seen his curve ball coming at all.
As we turned into the parking lot of the doggie salon, my mom
could not contain herself any longer:
“So, I presume from the kiss that you two are dating now? I
thought you told me last night that you decided not to get involved with him? Cali,
that is a very dangerous man, honey.”
“Mom. Devlin isn’t dangerous!”
I thought about that statement for a couple of seconds and
then had to qualify it with:
“At least I don’t think he’s dangerous. And yes, I do have a date with him.”
“Of course I’m not saying he’s a bad guy, sweetie. But he is dangerous. Take my word for it.
Believe it or not I see a lot of similarities between him and your biological father.
There’s a reason I found myself alone at the altar... He probably doesn’t even
know the meaning of the word
commitment.”
There it was again. First Kesha ,
now mom… Couldn’t they accept that Devlin might be capable of change?
I couldn’t quite bring myself to reveal to them just how
excited and alive I felt when I was with that man. Especially to my mom; as her
“little girl”, I just wasn’t comfortable talking about the level of arousal
that Devlin ignited in me.
“Thanks for your concern, mom. I appreciate it, I really do. I
know you’re just worried about me getting hurt, but like you always told me, I
have to make my own mistakes and learn from them. Right?”
“Cali, you don’t know how much I hate having my wise and
practical advice used in an argument against me… Anyway, I can certainly see
why you’re attracted to him. He’s gorgeous ,
no question about that!”
I never quite got used to my mom saying things like that even
though she said them all the time. Mothers weren’t supposed to have a sex life
and they definitely weren’t supposed to think your boyfriend was gorgeous. She
was asexual in my mind and I had surely been a virgin birth. I knew it was a completely silly game of denial that I
played in my head but that was my story and I was sticking to it.
In reality, I knew that my mother was a beautiful and
alluring woman who had had many men in her life… Still, I felt compelled to play along.
“He’s mine, mom…” I replied, smiling.
We laughed in unison, both fully aware of the pretense. Mom
unlocked the door to the salon and the three pups ran inside. They had the “run
of the house” at Dogz R Us. As I put on a work apron,
my thoughts drifted to a mental inventory of the clothes in my closet. What did
I have to wear that was ritzy enough for the Pacific Vista Terrace Restaurant? And
did I have a dress that was sexy enough, too? I really wanted to knock that
man’s socks off tonight.
And his shirt………. and his pants………
CHAPTER TEN
DEVLIN
My father and I were like the proverbial two ships that
passed in the night. He was either leaving while I was coming, or coming when I
was going. Tonight, we intersected in the hallway just outside my bathroom
after my final slap of Armani aftershave.
“Dressing it up tonight? Going out with that physical
therapist you told me about?”
I just gave him a little smile and a nod.
“Are Carl and the limo available tonight? I’m taking Cali to
the Pacific Vista Terrace for dinner and I want to take her in style.”
“The limo? That will probably impress the pants right off of
her.”
“Please don’t talk about Cali that way. I told you, she’s not
like that. I think this one is different, and I won’t stand for any
disrespectful bullshit about her, dad.”
“I never heard you talk about any girl like that before, Devlin. I apologize, son. Have you met
her family yet? What are they like?”
“Actually, I just met her mom today, but Cali’s dad
was too busy mulling over the brief interchange Devlin and I had just had and
how I had NOT seen his curve ball coming at all.
As we turned into the parking lot of the doggie salon, my mom
could not contain herself any longer:
“So, I presume from the kiss that you two are dating now? I
thought you told me last night that you decided not to get involved with him? Cali,
that is a very dangerous man, honey.”
“Mom. Devlin isn’t dangerous!”
I thought about that statement for a couple of seconds and
then had to qualify it with:
“At least I don’t think he’s dangerous. And yes, I do have a date with him.”
“Of course I’m not saying he’s a bad guy, sweetie. But he is dangerous. Take my word for it.
Believe it or not I see a lot of similarities between him and your biological father.
There’s a reason I found myself alone at the altar... He probably doesn’t even
know the meaning of the word
commitment.”
There it was again. First Kesha ,
now mom… Couldn’t they accept that Devlin might be capable of change?
I couldn’t quite bring myself to reveal to them just how
excited and alive I felt when I was with that man. Especially to my mom; as her
“little girl”, I just wasn’t comfortable talking about the level of arousal
that Devlin ignited in me.
“Thanks for your concern, mom. I appreciate it, I really do. I
know you’re just worried about me getting hurt, but like you always told me, I
have to make my own mistakes and learn from them. Right?”
“Cali, you don’t know how much I hate having my wise and
practical advice used in an argument against me… Anyway, I can certainly see
why you’re attracted to him. He’s gorgeous ,
no question about that!”
I never quite got used to my mom saying things like that even
though she said them all the time. Mothers weren’t supposed to have a sex life
and they definitely weren’t supposed to think your boyfriend was gorgeous. She
was asexual in my mind and I had surely been a virgin birth. I knew it was a completely silly game of denial that I
played in my head but that was my story and I was sticking to it.
In reality, I knew that my mother was a beautiful and
alluring woman who had had many men in her life… Still, I felt compelled to play along.
“He’s mine, mom…” I replied, smiling.
We laughed in unison, both fully aware of the pretense. Mom
unlocked the door to the salon and the three pups ran inside. They had the “run
of the house” at Dogz R Us. As I put on a work apron,
my thoughts drifted to a mental inventory of the clothes in my closet. What did
I have to wear that was ritzy enough for the Pacific Vista Terrace Restaurant? And
did I have a dress that was sexy enough, too? I really wanted to knock that
man’s socks off tonight.
And his shirt………. and his pants………
CHAPTER TEN
DEVLIN
My father and I were like the proverbial two ships that
passed in the night. He was either leaving while I was coming, or coming when I
was going. Tonight, we intersected in the hallway just outside my bathroom
after my final slap of Armani aftershave.
“Dressing it up tonight? Going out with that physical
therapist you told me about?”
I just gave him a little smile and a nod.
“Are Carl and the limo available tonight? I’m taking Cali to
the Pacific Vista Terrace for dinner and I want to take her in style.”
“The limo? That will probably impress the pants right off of
her.”
“Please don’t talk about Cali that way. I told you, she’s not
like that. I think this one is different, and I won’t stand for any
disrespectful bullshit about her, dad.”
“I never heard you talk about any girl like that before, Devlin. I apologize, son. Have you met
her family yet? What are they like?”
“Actually, I just met her mom today, but Cali’s dad
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