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sobered up a bit, and I couldn’t stand to be around her and not have her. So I pretended to get pissed at Jay for something he did and told him I didn’t want to be friends anymore. He tried. Man, he begged me to forgive him. That was rough, him begging me. But in the long run, it was for the best.”
    “Wow, I don’t know what to say. How awful for you . . . and of you.”
    “Right. So does that answer your question?”
    Brenda drank the rest of her wine, which had become a little warm. “We’re a pair of chumps, aren’t we? In love with people we can’t have.”
    “The difference is, I’m over Alexandria.”
    “Is that so? If she walked in right now and said Jay had left her for another woman and she wanted you, you would tell her to get lost?”
    “I’ll be right back,” he said with a straight face.
    “I thought so,” Brenda said as Neal stood up. As he walked toward the men’s room, she noticed all the women stealing a peek, whether they were with someone or not. He was certainly nice to look at. A weaker woman might even say ‘hot.’
    She felt a bit lightheaded and blamed the wine, but knew the prior conversation intrigued her. She hadn’t expected Neal to open up to her, especially since she hadn’t been exactly friendly. He seemed so scarred. Poor Neal. She had the sudden urge to comfort him. What? What the hell was that? “No, no, no!”
    She turned to the bartender and pointed to her glass. As she sat there, trying to get these vile thoughts out of her head, she felt a tap on her shoulder.

Chapter 10
    Neal groaned. Why the hell had he spilled his guts to Brenda Fisher? He’d never spoken a word of what had happened to anyone. Not to Larry and not even to Rocky. He wasn’t sorry for expressing his feelings to Alexandria, but he had planned to take the secret to his grave. If Alexandria fessed up to Jay, he would suffer the consequences then but not before.
    But he had left one part out: the reason Alexandria had chosen Jay. She said Jay could give her what she wanted. Jay was more mature, stable. In other words, he had more money. Neal couldn’t compete with that. Not if that was Alexandria’s priority. That had been the moment a little of his obsession had melted. Still, he’d waited for her to realize that material things weren’t as important as love, but it never happened. And that was why he could say he was over Alexandria.
    Still, why had he blurted everything out like that? What the hell?
    Neal washed his hands and then exited the men’s room to see a guy talking to Brenda. From a distance, she actually did look approachable. She had at youthful glow, but at the same time, she was classy. A guy could easily think she was versatile, like seeing the pretty, girl-next-door, who usually went all-natural, dressed up for the school dance.
    As Neal neared, he laughed. Was this guy in for a rude awakening! This crow would be a breeze to scare away.
    “Hey pal,” he said and stood at least a foot taller. “She’s with me. Get lost.”
    “Oh okay,” he said and practically ran.
    “Wait . . .” Brenda called after the guy, but he didn’t turn around. “What the hell, Neal?”
    “Huh?”
    “Did I give you the signal?” she asked.
    “No, but . . .”
    “Did you hear me say, ‘red flag?’ An interesting man finally approached me, and you scared him away.”
    “Wait a minute. That guy? That guy who was just standing here? That little goofy guy?”
    “He wasn’t goofy! He was sweet.”
    “That’s the kind of guy that you go for? He’s not right for you. You’d eat him alive.”
    “What’s it to you what kind of guy I go for? Didn’t we already establish that you are not my matchmaker?”
    “What would y’all do if you took him home? Play video games? How old is he? I bet he has a curfew.”
    “Not that it is any of your business, but for one, he’s old enough, he’s a doctor, and two, I’m not whoring around. I’m actually trying to find someone to have a real