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“OH MY GOSH!”
    “Ouch!” he screamed as he ran to the bathroom sink to clean his face. “Why did you do that?”
    “I'm so sorry! You scared me,” I cried. “I thought...I thought...”
    “What the hell? You made my face bleed with those killer nails. It's official, all women are crazy!”
    I tried grabbing him to comfort him, but he shoved me away as he rinsed his cheek. “Honey, I was just caught off guard. I would never hurt you.”
    He rolled his eyes as he sprayed water on his face. “I'm fine.” He handed me some ointment to open up. I put a few drops on my fingers and gently rubbed it on his rosy cheek.
    “Why do you have so much meat in the kitchen?” I asked, trying to ease the tension.
    “Oh, um, my dad must have put it there.”
    “It smells fresh, you said he was with his girlfriend in a different city,” I smirked.
    “He must have been here earlier. And how can you smell the meat's freshness? What is with you today? First you scratch me, now you are asking me ninety-nine questions.”
    “I just want to get to know you better.”
    I went back over to the television and handed him the remote so he could find the station my mom would be on. It took him ten minutes to figure out how to work his own television. As he did that, I switched into my pajamas and then got comfortable on the couch again.
    “It's eight o'clock!” My eyes grew large as Mama appeared on screen. She looked beautiful as usual in all black with her hair pulled back like a professional lady. Her pink lips shivered as her name was about to be announced. I screamed in joy and nervousness as they introduced her;
    “ My name is Rachel Cruz and I live in a small town called Riverbed, California. I’m here to show my talent and I need to win so I can support my two daughters and pay for their college education.”
    “And my car!” I yelled through the television. “She has to buy me a car.”
    “You're spoiled,” Christian said from the kitchen.
    “Excuse me?”
    “I honestly did not mean to say that aloud, but it's true. You're spoiled. I did not have anyone to pay for my college or a car. I had to do everything for myself. With your intelligence, you could have gotten a scholarship but instead you go to bars with older men and use them.”
    “How do I use men? If anything they use me!” I shouted. “And why are you so bitter all of a sudden?”
    “You're using me, right now—for my TV. You use Tyler because he's someone you can chase. You use Derek so he can cook for you. You are just a user!”
    “Oh my gosh, I cannot believe you are talking to me like this. I thought you liked me.”
    “I do like you. You just need a reality check.”
    “I'm as real as they come.”
    “Sometimes I think otherwise, Leanna.”
    I ignored Christian and went back to watching Mama on television. I got sidetracked as I could not believe Christian said all those hurtful things to me—even though they were true. It made sense in a way, since I grew up with no male figure and Mama had a new man in my life every two weeks.
    I was only seventeen, but with my experience with life, I was at least forty. I had at least twenty boyfriends in the past, and some were even married. Maybe that was why women did not like a girl like me—a child like me. I was way past my age and at least I knew it.
    Christian pulled out a cigarette in his home and handed me one. Instead, I pulled him to sit next to me, and he collapsed onto my lap. It was the first time I held him and it felt almost like heaven. He leaned in with his smokey breath and kissed my lips. I held his warm body close to mine for a long second and he ran his fingers through my loose wet hair.
    We began to breathe heavy, thinking about every moment. His kisses got more intense and wilder as the seconds went on. I leaned back, gazing into his beautiful green eyes.
    Then, I gasped as I thought I saw him—I saw God in his gorgeous eyes and I pushed him away from me.
    I gathered my thoughts