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after a day of women ogling and downright coming on to Levi. They acted like she was invisible or something. Ta-Mara wasn’t used to feeling possessive of anyone. The cashier smiled sheepishly then focused on her job moving faster to get them out. When they were checked out, Levi pushed the full cart out to the parking lot.
    “All that money.” Levi met her gaze. “I’ll pay you back, Ta-Mara.”
    “Don’t worry about it.” She shrugged. “You need help and that’s what I am doing.”
    “I need to pay my own way.”
    “If you could, you would,” Ta-Mara assured him.
    Levi didn’t say anything further about it. She opened the back of her SUV and he set the bags inside.
    “Let’s get some dinner. I know it’s early but I’m hungry.”
    He nodded. Ta-Mara got behind the wheel of the vehicle then drove them to her favorite bar where she parked along the street. It was owned by her friend Rachel and she experienced a brief moment of panic as they crossed the parking lot until Ta-Mara remembered it was Rachel’s usual day off. Although Rachel had helped her yesterday, Ta-Mara was relieved she wouldn’t be in. She wanted some more time with Levi before she officially introduced him to her friends. Ta-Mara didn’t want to get to deep into why she wanted him for now just for herself. She just did.
    They went in and with it being the early dinner hour, it wasn’t that busy so they were served quickly after they were seated.
    As they sat there eating hamburgers, he looked at her and said, “Skin color doesn’t matter anymore?”
    She gazed around and saw the room from his point of view. “Not like it used to in your time but there are still instances where stuff gets ugly.”
    “I have much to learn.”
    “Well, I have a computer so you’re free to read all you want on it. Or I could take you… Nope, never mind. It’s probably best you read stuff online. Don’t need you getting overwhelmed.”
    “Whatever you think best, Ta-Mara.”
    Shit, the way her name rolled off his tongue had her envisioning all kinds of things they could do to pass the day. Determined not to let it show on her face, she merely shrugged and ate some more fries. Even though they’d kissed, she didn’t assume it would lead to anything further than that. He ate and observed. She watched him, amused by his constant look of amazement.
    Not having his attention on her also helped her cool down. She ran over what they’d purchased and figured he had everything he’d need.
    Look at me sitting here all calm with a man from the eighteen hundreds, as if our dining together is nothing out of the ordinary.
    Huh, would you look at that. Thinking about it made her chest tighten and heart pound all that much faster. So, perhaps she wasn’t as okay with it as she was trying to convince herself or her friends, as well as Levi.
    And why should she be? One stormy night, Ta-Mara was reading a story about a man named Levi, a Confederate, who is willing to die for the woman he loves then the lights went out. When she got them back on, she found herself with a stranger in her building, soaking wet, who said his name is Levi and he’s a Confederate.
    Coincidence? Who knew? She obviously didn’t. Perhaps it was time to make an appointment with a shrink. Wonder how long they would allow me to be free before they decide to lock me up. She shook off the thought.
    She was fine as long as she didn’t think of him as coming from a time before the Civil War had actually begun. So what if he shared a name with the book’s hero? Who cared if he was from the same time? All that mattered was that he heal up and figure out whatever it was he needed to remember.
    And in the meantime, the dude was fucking fine, so it was no hardship to be around him. She shook her head at herself and looked over to discover him avidly watching her.
    “Everything okay?” she asked. “Still hungry? We can order dessert, if you like.”
    “I’d like that.”
    She handed him the