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even though she hadn’t planned on telling too many people. But, like Maria, she could trust Bobby.
    She packed light because she wouldn’t be going too far.  When she arrived at Bobby’s, she noticed that Kelly’s car was not in the driveway.  She went inside and the kids ran up to her. Bobby remarked, “See, I told you they missed you.” 
    Billie questioned, “Where’s Kelly?”
    He acknowledged, “I forgot to mention it on the phone.  She went to visit her mother.  She’s in the hospital, but it's nothing serious.  She’ll be back in a week or two.” 
    Billie quizzed, “Why didn’t you go with her?” 
    He noted, “I didn’t want her to worry about us and just concentrate on her mother’s health.  Besides, I needed quality time with the kids, to make up for lost time.  Plus, time apart helped us in the past.” 
    Billie agreed, “I suppose you’re right.  I’ll go get settled and then we can talk.”
    They played with the kids for an hour and then put them to bed.  Billie talked to him about Chris, to get his opinion of it.  Bobby was just for anything that made her happy.  She didn’t want to tell him that Chris wasn’t really making her that happy at the time.  They were having a lot of problems.  She was thankful to Bobby for letting her stay there.  He didn’t even ask why. He enjoyed the company and felt like he owed her a lot.
    Billie continued working and trying to decide if she should stay with Chris.  He didn’t try to get in touch with her during her hiatus.  She was grateful for that.  She decided to only stay with Bobby a few more nights. One evening, after work, Billie decided to go for a late night swim.  Everyone in the house was sleeping, or so she thought.  It started raining, so she stood in the entrance of the sliding glass door.  She tried to roll her hair up in a bun.  As she was about to get a towel, Bobby grabbed her.  They started kissing and he was caressing her neck.  Billie only assumed he thought she was Kelly.  She let it get half way through the foreplay and then she had to stop him.  She cried, “I thought you were happily married?  Not only is this a shock, but what if your kids were to walk in here?  I don’t have feelings for you anymore, so that is why I chose to stop you.” 
    He apologized and said, “I don’t know what came over me.  Maybe I wanted to see if what we had was over.  I guess there are no unresolved issues after all.  I didn’t mean for it to happen.  I should learn to control myself.”
    Billie ruled, “It is unfortunate that this did happen.  I don’t want something like this to come between our friendship.  We can’t let it continue, or we’ll never get on with our lives. I shouldn’t have stayed here.  It was my fault that you started having those old feelings again.  I think I should leave tomorrow and we’ll pretend it never happened.”
    Billie went to her room.  She couldn’t believe what took place.  She thought their feelings were dead and buried.  It just proved her theory of men and women not being able to hold on to a friendship without getting physical.  She packed her stuff and left the next morning.  She later talked to Bobby to clear the air.  They couldn’t stay mad at each other.  Then, she decided to check up on Chris.  He wanted to know what her decision was, but she wanted to wait to tell him.
    Once again, it was time for the National country western awards.  Billie had attended the Music City Country Awards the year before, but had missed the biggest award show of the year.  So, she wasn’t about to miss all of the excitement out in California.  Chris was against going, he was afraid of all of the memories of Lana, if he were to go there.  But, he was nominated for a couple of awards, including one for Best Video.  Billie talked him in to making an appearance.  He found out in advance that his ex would not be there.  This was Billie’s second time in