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try and clear my head. You know, figure out what the hell was going on. When I came out of the bathroom, she was gone and that thing in your hand was on the floor.
    Shaking his head, Nick said, “That’s some deep stuff, Dawson.”
    “Yeah, tell me about it.” Kevin agreed as he stared emotionless at the piece of paper. A wife…this can’t be happening to me.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 10
     
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Two Weeks Later
     
    I…I…can do this. Yes, I can. Starr counseled herself as she picked up the phone and then put it down again for the fifth time.
    She had been home for two weeks and was practically in hiding since leaving Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Yeah right! As If! More like, what’s done in the dark, will come to light. Starr had a husband to prove it.
    Letting out a deep breath, she plopped down on her bed tucking her left foot beneath her. Staring at the cordless phone in her hand, she dialed the number again. She had no idea what she would say to him when he answered. She had been avoiding his calls all week. When Kevin showed up at Summer and Nick’s suite that dreadful morning, she nearly dropped dead. She started hyperventilating when he produced a marriage certificate. “I don’t want that!” She yelled shoving the document back into his hands. No one was surprised when she stormed out the door mumbling incoherently something about, “A seducing womanizing creep.”
    Embarrassment seeped from her at the memory of how she’d behaved. As angry as she was at him, he wasn’t solely to be blamed. She realized she had to take and accept accountability for the role she played in this mess of a marriage. If she hadn’t gone off by herself to the bar drinking like a lush, none of this would be taking place.
    Every time she thought about how it could’ve been another man, one that got his kicks out of torturing women, and not Kevin she had wandered off with, her blood ran cold. As the old folks say, “God watches over babies and fools.” That night she was a fool. By God’s grace she wasn’t in some morgue tagged a Jane Doe.
    The sexy male voice on the answering machine startled Starr from her musing. “Can’t get to the phone right now so drop me a line and I’ll holla at you later.” Beep.
    “Um…Um…Kevin this is Starr.”
    Before she could continue her shaky message, the call was picked up.
    “Hello, Starr?”
    “What are you doing? Screening your calls?” Starr questioned, irritation lacing her words. She hated when people let you begin to leave a message and then picked up the phone. Why didn’t the idiots just either answer the phone in the first place or just let you leave a message?
    “Well, yeah, something like that,” he answered truthfully. He’d been waiting for her to return his calls.
    “Thought I was one of your little girlfriends?” Starr accused, her voice no longer shaky, but dripping with sarcasm.
    Baby if you only knew the half of it. Over the last few months, a dozen or more past bed buddies were blowing up his home and cell phones. Some claimed to be calling only to say, “Hey, haven’t heard from you in awhile.” While others boldly inquired, “When can we hook up again?”
    None of the calls interested him. His mind was preoccupied with other things. Between putting in long hours at Dawson Investments and now trying to get Starr to talk to him, he had no desire to reconnect with any of his former lady friends.
    Every previous bed buddy graciously accepted the brush off with the exception of Trina. The girl had the tenacity of a bulldog. He tried giving her the brush off several weeks ago with the excuse of working long hours. Being the gentleman he was, he didn’t want to hurt her feelings by telling her there was no hope of them ever hooking back up again. He’d thought if he ignored her, she would go away. That wasn’t the case. The calls kept coming.
    Each call Kevin deleted before she could get