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    Mama Tee took us in and eventually we healed from Rose’s desertion. Or healed as best we could. For years, Rose never called us. Then one day, when I was fifteen, she just showed up out of the blue. We found out Sam had run off with another woman. So I guess she wanted us back. Shondella wouldn’t even stay in the same room with her. Justin had no clue who she was, and me, I tried to listen to what she had to say, even though it was going in one ear and out the other. When she asked where Jasmine was, I lost it, and Mama Tee finally made her leave. She didn’t even know her own child had died. How pathetic was that? Then, before she left, she had the nerve to ask us to call her Mama.
    I shook off thoughts of my family as I pulled into the Day Spa. I said a silent prayer that they would be able to squeeze me in. I should’ve called on my way over, but I was lost in thought and it hadn’t even crossed my mind. But for all the money I spent there, they’d better fit me in.
    “Good afternoon, Miss Rollins,” the receptionist said as soon as I walked in. She looked down at her appointment book. “I didn’t know you had an appointment today.”
    “I don’t. But I need a session with Raul.”
    “Oh, he’s pretty booked today.”
    “I have to have a session with Raul,” I pleaded.
    She looked at me and I guess the stress showed across my face because her expression softened. “You know what? Since you’re such a valued client, I’m sure Raul would be willing to forgo his lunch break to squeeze you in. Let me check.”
    I smiled gratefully. I was willing to beg Raul, pay double, anything to lie in the relaxing seascape room while Raul worked his magical hands up and down my body.
    A few minutes later, the tall, handsome Italian masseur emerged from the back. “Madame Rollins.” He took my hand and gently kissed it. “So wonderful to see you. I was just about to meet a friend for an early lunch, but since you’re so much cuter than him, I will reschedule.” He flashed an enchanting smile.
    “Raul, I am forever indebted to you.”
    “Come, come. Let me ease that tension from your body.”
    “That obvious, huh?”
    “It is. But I have just the thing for that.” He wiggled his fingers in the air as I smiled and followed him into the back.

Chapter 5
    “Y ou still mad at me?” Myles was leaning up against the frame of my front door.
    “May I help you?” I tried to be cold, but the truth is, seeing Myles standing there in his three-piece, tailored suit warmed me from the inside out.
    “Oh, so it’s like that, now?” A sly grin spread across Myles’s face.
    “It’s how you make it.” I leaned against the door, still not moving.
    Myles sighed and motioned toward my living room. “May I come in?”
    “You sure you have time?” I didn’t mean to be difficult, but I was getting sick of Myles only fitting me into his schedule when he found time.
    “Okay, since you want to be like that, I guess I’ll just have to take this and go give it to the homeless woman I passed on the street on my way over here.” Myles reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a long, rectangular Tiffany box with a huge white bow on it.
    I pursed my lips and, just as he was about to turn away, called out, “I guess you can come in.”
    He smiled again. “That’s what I thought.” I opened the door all the way and let him pass. He strutted in, took off his jacket, and threw it across the chair. He reeked with confidence. It would have pissed me off if he weren’t so dang cute. “Now, why should I give you this?” he asked as he waved the box around.
    It was my turn to smile. I felt like a giddy kid at Christmas. “Because it’s your way of apologizing for being an insensitive jerk.” I reached for the box. He pulled it back just out of my reach.
    “I don’t believe I was insensitive, but I do apologize that you had to go to the play by yourself.”
    “I didn’t go at all. My tickets went to waste. You