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phone and he could feel her warmth from sitting next to her in church all over again.
    “Yeah of course can you hold on for a second though?” she asked.
    “Yeah sure.”
    Ramón sat back in his chair as Desiree ran into the kitchen and grabbed a cherry Pepsi.
    “Ok I'm back sorry I had to get something to drink with my dinner.”
    “Oh what are you having?” he asked wondering if she could cook.
    “My famous potato salad.” She beamed.
    “That’s it? Isn’t that a side or something?” he laughed.
    “It’s not what you think. It's cut up baked potatoes with cut up pieces of chicken mixed with sour cream, butter and cheese.”
    Ramón stopped laughing and thought about what she just said. “Wow I would have never thought to do something like that.”
    “Yeah I can be creative when I want to be.” She shook her head hearing how it sounded coming out of her mouth. He must have thought she was a fool.
    “Zack must get that from you.” He said paying her a compliment.
    “What do you mean?” she asked unsure how to take it.
    “He gets really creative on the floor. I honestly think he has a great shot at making it to the NBA or to be a great college ball player with the right amount of coaching and work.”
    Desiree extended her feet as she attempted to get more comfortable, she smiled thinking of Zack running up and down the court.
    “I always knew he had talent.” She said taking a bite from her meal.
    “Well you should be proud of him.”
    She took a sip of her drink to wash down her food. “I have always been proud of him. He is a great kid that’s why I miss him so much. He means so much to me.” She beamed at the thought of him again.
    “I can tell.” The line went silent and Ramón cleared his throat.
    “So what have you been doing without him?”
    “Nothing much just working hard taking care of business as usual.”
    “Yeah Zack said you do that a lot.”
    “It’s a tough job being a single mom but you gotta do it.”
    “It’s not easier being a single dad.” He chimed in.
    She inhaled thinking of his daughter. “And you have a girl at that so I know it must be tough.”
    Ramón’s face lite up thinking about Madison. She was a handful but he wouldn’t trade her for the world. “It is. But she is my little angel.”
    “All dads call their daughters little angels.”
    “I guess so. But not all dads have to worry about their daughters taking after them. She is determined to be a ball player.”
    Desiree stood from the recliner to head back into the kitchen. “She admires you and I don't say I blame her. You are a very talented man.”
    She smiled thinking about how wonderful she felt he was. He smiled to himself.
    “Thanks for that. With all the traveling I do I don't get to see her nearly as much as I would love to.” He smiled thinking about how happy he made Maddie allowing her to come to the camp.
    Desiree lifted her drink to her lips “See me I get to see that boy everyday that’s why he being so far away kills me.” She took a sip and then fought the urge to burp. She couldn’t let anything embarrass her while talking to this man.
    “He talks about you every day. My mom did this or my mom always does that. He adores you too so much and I can see why.”
    She glanced down smiling at the compliment wanting to hear more. “Oh? And why is that?”
    “Because you are a strong amazing woman, and you show it in every way.”
    “How can you tell?” she asked shyly.
    “The way you talked to me in Church.” He said strongly. “You showed it then no problem.”
    As she placed the fork she just loaded with food back onto the plate her stomach did a flip. She had hoped that day would have long been forgotten but no such luck. “Yeah about that.” She said wanting to claim temporary insanity for the way she acted.
    “No not the telling me off thing even though that was a first for me” he said laughing. “It’s the way you were in church so open and honest and