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second.”
    “Really now. What if I told you that Trevor is outside right now talking to his fiancé?”
    “He wouldn’t.”
    Garth could see the back of Trevor’s head from where he sat. “I’m not saying that he is, but what if he was?”
    “I would tell him to leave. Doing something like that is not only disrespectful to me, but to her too.”
    “Wow. You do have a conscious.”
    Eva squirmed in her chair. “I don’t believe in messing around with another woman’s man, but Trevor was mine first.”
    “That’s the problem right there. You treat people as objects. Ones to be bought or pushed aside at your whim.”
    Eva stood up and came face to face with Garth. “You don’t know me as well as you think you do.”
    “I know enough to know that beneath that diva attitude of yours is a woman who wants to be; correction, needs to be loved.” He paused. “A man like Trevor. He’s not capable of loving you the way you need to be.”
    Eva opened her mouth to say something, but didn’t when Trevor walked in looking at them strangely.
    “What’s going on here?” he asked.
    “Just waiting on you to finish your business call,” Garth responded, stressing the word “business.”
    “Well, all is well. I think I better get going though,” he responded.
    “I’ll be going too,” Garth said. He whispered, “Remember what I said.”
    Eva walked them to the door without telling either one of them good-bye. She made sure the door was secure and thought about Garth’s last words.
     

~ 8 ~
     
    “Man, you know you was wrong,” Trevor said, as he threw Garth the basketball.
    Garth bounced the ball, blocking Trevor’s attempts to steal it. He took a shot and missed. “I’m trying to save you. Have you ever thought about what would happen if those two met?”
    Trevor bounced the ball and made a shot. “That’s not going to happen.”
    “Playa, you’re not a player. If you were, you never would have asked Cheryl to marry you.”
    “Man, you don’t know what that girl can do in between the sheets. I would give up my right kidney as long as she was in my life.”
    “See that’s the problem there. You’re thinking with your little head instead of your big one.”
    “You got me mixed up with you. My women are thoroughly satisfied,” Trevor said, as he bounced the ball.
    Garth stole the ball from him and made a shot. The ball bounced off the backboard. Trevor took it out of bounds and they continued their match.
    “All I know is a true player doesn’t get caught at the altar.” Garth stole the ball away from Trevor and dunked the ball. “In your face. I’m tired of playing with you.”
    Garth picked up a towel and his bottled water. He didn’t wait for Trevor to respond. He headed to the locker room to shower and dress for work. While he was getting things out of his locker, Trevor walked in.
    “What do you think I should do about Eva? I can’t keep doing this with her. If you wouldn’t have stopped by the other day, her and I would have.”
    Garth interrupted. “I don’t want to know about your sexcapades.” He took a seat on the bench as Trevor talked.
    “You know I’ve always had a thing for Eva but that’s what it is a thing. I know she’s not the one that I want to marry.”
    “Then tell her that.”
    “I can’t. If I told her it would break her heart. I care about her too much to do that.”
    Garth threw his towel over his shoulder. “So you would rather keep screwing with her and giving her false hope.”
    “Man come on now. You know Eva can take care of herself.”
    “This must be the twilight zone. You’ve loved Eva as long as I can remember,” Garth said.
    “I did love her once, but I realized that she and I are too different. Maybe if she wasn’t in the spotlight, I could deal with her better.”
    “Deal. Man you got it twisted. I feel like I don’t even know you anymore.” Garth stood up and picked up his soap.
    “My priorities have changed. My feelings for Eva