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not been a few feet away. “How long have you been here?”
                “I don’t remember,” Mom said.
                “Almost two hours,” Nydia said from the back. “I’m hungry and I want to go home.”
                “Okay, then we’ll go home,” I said as I walked over to Collins McGregor who was standing by his sports car. “Hey, she’s alright.  She just fell asleep for a while that’s why we couldn’t get ahold of her.”
    Collins McGregor was heading over to Mom’s car and reached it right when Mom got out to walk over to the passenger side. “Hi Mrs. Sullivan?” he asked holding the car door open for her.
    Mom blinked as though she couldn’t believe her eyes.
    “Are you feeling alright?” he asked.
    “I’m a little…”
    “Mom’s not well,” I said quickly, hoping to sound convincing. “She shouldn’t have been driving.”
    “Who is this nice young man?” Mom said. “He’s very good-looking. Are you screwing him?”
    What??? My mouth dropped wide open, not believing what just poured out of Mom’s mouth. I looked over at Collins McGregor, and was mortified.  He was grinning.
    “Mom, this is Mr. McGregor.”
    Mom began imaginary fanning herself as she stared at Collins McGregor with a drunken blood-shot gaze. This was not how I wanted Collins McGregor to meet my mother, not by a long shot.
    Next to me, Collins McGregor was still grinning. “Nice to meet you,” he said, extending his hand to grab Mom’s and kissing it. He turned to me, pulled me aside, and said, “Is everything alright?”
    “Yes, of course,” I said. “Mom’s just not in the right condition to drive.”
    “I’ll say,” Collins McGregor said. “Can you drive her back?”
    “Got that covered,” I said smiling at him. I reached out my hand to touch his elbow. “Thank you for helping me, Mr. McGregor. I was…” I choked back tears, finally feeling the tension I held worrying about Mom and Nydia flow out along with the tears.
    He pulled me to him and held me while I cried. “It’s okay. It’s okay, baby,” he said, stroking my hair. “You must have been so worried.” He continued stroking my hair until my crying subsided, and I got my composure back.
    I slowly moved my head off his chest and saw that I had smeared his shirt with the tinted lip gloss I wore. “I’m sorry,” I said, wiping his shirt.
    “It’s okay,” he said holding my shoulders with both hands while looking at me. “Will you be fine enough to drive home or should I call Vincent, my driver to get my larger car?”
    I took a deep breath and said, “I’ll be fine.” I smiled at him happily. What could have been tragic turned out well. Mom and Nydia were safe.
    Collins McGregor looked like he lost his breath as he kept staring at me, and I smiled back. Then he grinned. “Looks like you’ll be driving, Miss Sullivan. Don’t forget to buckle up.” He shook his head before heading to his car. “You might want to prepare a glass of water, orange juice, and aspirin for your mother. I found that to be pretty effective for a hangover.” He smirked, raised his attractive eyebrows and left.

 
     
Chapter 6
     
    Friday
     
                I hadn’t seen Collins McGregor for over three days following the incident with Mom. He was right about Mom having a hangover and what to do about it. I wanted to call him to thank him, but I was afraid of what would happen if we saw each other again. After days of thinking about him, I had to admit I was attracted to him…a lot. And from the way he reacted to me whenever we touched, I would guess he felt the same way.  For years since the Billy Incident, I hadn’t felt this physically attracted to a guy. Well, actually, I’d never felt this attracted to a guy before, where every pore in my body just wanted to touch him. No one had ever had this effect on me, and I was worried. Worried that he was too experienced for me, worried about our six-year