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“She’s still sleeping.”

“Not for long.” She blows past me, but I grab her arm to stop her.

“Can you just hold on a minute?”

“I know thatyouare not telling me how to parent my kid?”

“I’m not telling you how to parent. I just thought maybe you’d like to know what happened before you go in guns blazing.”

Her face goes red. “I know what happened! She lied to me about where she was!”

“Yes,” I say. “That’s true. But she also said no when a boy tried to pressure her into something she wasn’t ready for.”

“What?” Her eyes bulge out of her head. “Was it Mikey?”

“Well…”

“I knew that kid was a sick little fucker. I’m going to rip all those tattoos off of his creepy little body.”

“Okay, calm down. Let’s talk before you go to jail.”

“Yeah, that’s probably a good idea. Tell me everything.”

I start yapping, hoping to get to the point. So, I can get these people out of my house.

I’m really missing my orgasm provider right about now.

twenty-four

Sexy Video Chats

Drew

Buzz. Buzz.

My phone vibrates on the nightstand next to me. Whoever it is on the other end is lucky I’m not already asleep. Five more minutes listening to David Attenborough talk about animals, and I would have been out.

I grab the phone and see it’s a text from Ronnie.

Still awake?

More than I was ten seconds ago.

Yep.

Busy?

Never too busy for you.

My phone buzzes in my hand with an incoming video chat from her. I look over at my sleeping son and slowly slide out of bed and walk to the living room. I shut my door on the way out so I’ll be able to hear him coming if he gets up. While it’s a possibility, I doubt he’ll wake up. His grandma took him to a trampoline park today.

I quickly get comfortable on the couch and hit ACCEPT.

Ronnie’s beautiful face appears on the screen.

“Hey, beautiful,” I greet.

“I am so sorry.”

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