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for the first time in fuckin forever. What do I need to
do to fix this Jess? I don't want to lose her." He looks
stricken.
    I put my hand over my
mouth to hold in a sob. They both turn. Jess comes over to me and
holds me. Peg walks through the door turns around and walks back
out.
    Danny walks toward us.
"Fuck! Kate I'm sorry. Tell me what to do. How do I make it right?"
He moves to put his hand on me and I back away horrified. I love
him and want to hurt him all at the same time. I don't even know
why it hurts so much, it's not like I didn't know.
    "Give her some time.
She'll call if she wants to see you." Jess yells at him. Jess never
yells.
    He drops his hand. "I'll
be at my house. I'm going to make it up to you Kate. I'm sorry I
hurt you." His shoulders slump as he turns and walks out. I hear
Peg talking to him in a harsh tone and move away from the door. I
don't even want to know what more is being said.
    "I'm sorry Kate. I
shouldn't have..." I wave my hand to cut her off.
    I grab some paper towels
and clean my face. I need to get myself under control. Jess watches
me cautiously. I sit at the work table and deep breathe. Holy crap!
He doesn't want to lose me. He wants to fix it. I didn't tell Jess
everything I heard. It hurt but I kind of understood. He never
cheated on his ex. She was nuts and they didn't have sex for more
than a year at times. Jeesh, he's a guy. Jess is still watching me.
I'm thinking of what I would tell clients that come in for
services. I need to make him prove that he knows I'm worth more
than what he's been giving me. I know he treated his ex like a
princess until the end. I want that guy. The one who respected his
wife just because she was his wife. Every relationship I've had
I've judged by how he treated De. Fuck. I made a decision to date
other men and find the one that gives me that spark. I finally look
at Jess.
    "I need to feel like I
matter. I'm worth more than a fuck twice a month. I need to be
number one in a man's life, not second, third or fourth. Is there
something I'm doing that tells guys to treat me like
crap?"
    "Yes. You let Danny sleep
with you and didn't demand anything in return. You let him think
you weren't important enough to see you more than twice a month.
He's my brother and I love him but he's fucked up and you accepted
it. You're worth everything. You changed my life. You fought for me
when I didn't have the strength and confidence to fight for myself.
I think it's time I paid you back. My brothers a dick, he needs to
beg, he needs to grovel. He needs to see you will not be taken for
granted anymore. Damn Kate you deserve more than my piece of shit
brother." She says gently. It hits me that I laid down and let him
do whatever he wanted because I loved him, just hoping someday he
would love me back. When the hell did I decide I wasn't worth
anything?
    I see her tears but I
snort a laugh at her, "you love Danny. I should go. I don't want to
drag you into the middle of this." I stand and throw away the
snotty paper towels.
    "For the first time since
I met him, I'm ashamed of him. You're not going anywhere without
me. Best-friend-sister. You're stuck with me. Let me get some
coverage and we'll get out of here." She goes out the door and
talks to Peg.
    Thirty minutes later Jess
is driving us out of the neighborhood and into the city. "Where are
we going?" Not that I care.
    "For coffee where there is
no video feed." She looks at me with a smile. "I can see you'll
take him back. Peg told him Jared's been waiting for you to be done
with him. He didn't take it well. We'll make sure he never treats
you like an option again." She smiles. I feel a twinge of
guilt.
    "I have a date with Jared
next weekend. I'm not into games Jess. You know me better than
that." I look out the window.
    "I'm not suggesting you
should start now. Rob called me last night. He didn't know what to
do about the cop because you were so happy. He wanted to get you
away from the guy but said he doesn't see you