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triggered him to feel more sad than amused for the situation, if her second favorite hobby wasn’t meddling in the lives of her adult children. So he was more than happy to placate her manufactured health issues, if it meant she stayed away from trying to ‘fix’ him and his sisters.
    “Okay, honey, but think about what I said about Missy. She really is a wonderful girl!” she said, ending their conversation. She just couldn’t resist making one more plea for a woman he’d be happy to never see again.
    “A wonderful viper is more like it,” he muttered as he walked toward his condo. Noticing a figure in the shadows, he stopped short. “Who’s there?” he called out.
    “It’s me,” Missy said, emerging from beside the stairwell in an even more revealing outfit than she was wearing at the supermarket earlier. The black tank top she wore ended just below her breasts and the top was cut so that she might as well not even bothered wearing it and the matching shorts covered less than a string bikini. He gaped at the fact that the fates decided to throw his thoughts back in his face so quickly. “I understand why you had to be so horrible to me in front of Sammy. I just wanted to tell you I’m not mad at you.”
    “How did you find out where I lived?” he growled, wondering if he could make a break for his truck.
    “Your mom,” she flipped a blonde curl over her shoulder, “she said, “I should tell you that I know it was Sammy’s words tonight, not yours.”
    “Of course,” he said, sarcastically, rubbing his forehead in exasperation. “But, Missy,” he paused, looking at her so she couldn’t mistake his words, “I did say those things, and I meant them,” he finished, letting the words roll slowly off his tongue as if he were speaking to a second grader.
    “Sammy’s not here, Jason, you don’t have to pretend anymore,” Missy laughed, as if she thought he were joking and started to advance toward him again, a predatory gleam shining in her eyes.
    “I’m not pretending, Missy. You helped ruin my life five years ago and I will never forgive you for that. I have a chance to make things right now, and I won’t mess that up,” he took a deep breath, backing away from her.
    “I did you a favor!” she screeched , trying to come at him fast, but he held his hand out to stop her this time. “That frigid bitch could never make you happy, Jason. Sammy doesn’t have the faintest idea how to keep a man like you satisfied and interested enough for a lifetime,” she completed, stamping her foot in frustration.
    “No, Missy, that would be you,” his voice was colder than he’d ever heard it before. Pointing toward the parking lot, he dropped his voice to a menacing level before adding, “Get the fuck out of here, and never come back. If I see you or hear you call her Sammy again, I will make you pay. Count on it.”
    When she cowered away from him, he knew his words had finally hit home with her. He watched as her bright smile changed into a dangerous sneer. “I’ll leave, but we aren’t finished here. Not by a long shot,” she warned, sticking a pointed red nail in his face before stalking off in the direction he was indicating, bumping into him as she walked by and into the darkness.
    Jason watched to make sure she got into her car and drove away before he attempted to continue to his condo. She knew his street address, but hopefully, his mother neglected to share which unit was his. He sent up a silent plea that his mother was more respectful of his privacy in the future.

Chapter 6
     
    “Are you gonna be okay?” Jason whispered after they’d been lying on the carpet without saying a word for over twenty minutes. As soon as he saw her tear stained face, he’d pulled her into his bedroom to talk. They’d been lucky to avoid his mom on the way, knowing she’d never pass up an opportunity to take cheap shots at Sammy, even though she was barely a teenager. Jason had no idea why his mom