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    Maddie closed her eyes and leaned her head back in her office chair. In reading the diaries, not only had Maddie discovered her mothers passion for exclamation marks, but her fondness for other womens husbands as well. Counting Loch Hennessy, shed had three of them in her twenty-four years. Not counting Loch, each had vowed to leave his wife for her, but in the end, theyd all cheated and lied!!
    Maddie tossed the diary on her desk and stretched her arms above her head. Besides the husbands, Alice had dated single men also. In the end, theyd all cheated and lied and left her for someone else. All except Loch. Although, if the affair hadnt been cut short, Maddie was sure Loch would have cheated and lied like all the others. Single or married, her mother had chosen men who left her heartbroken.
    Through the open windows, the noise from her neighbors barbeque carried on a slight breeze. It was the Fourth of July, and Truly was in full celebration mode. In town, buildings were decked out in red, white, and blue bunting, and that morning thered been a parade down Main Street. Maddie had read in the local paper about the big celebration planned in Shaw Park and the towns impressive fireworks show to begin at full dark.
    Maddie stood and walked into the bathroom. Although really, how impressive could the show be in such a small town? Boise, the capital city, hadnt had a decent show in years.
    She plugged the drain in the deep jetted tub and turned on the water. As she undressed, her neighbors laughter carried though the small window above the toilet. Earlier in the day, Louie and Lisa Allegrezza had come over to invite her to their barbeque, but even at her best, she wasnt very good at making polite conversation with people she didnt know. And lately, Maddie had not been at her best. Finding the diaries had been a real mixed blessing. The diaries had answered some important questions for her. Questions that most people knew from birth. Shed learned that her father was from Madrid and that her mother had become pregnant with Maddie the summer after graduating from high school. Her father had been in the States visiting family, and theyd both fallen madly in luv. At the end of the summer, Alejandro had returned to Spain. Alice had written him several letters to tell him about her pregnancy, but shed never heard from him. Apparently, their luv had been one-sided.
    Maddie swept her hair up and clamped it on top of her head with a big claw. Shed come to terms with the fact long ago that she would never know her father. That she would never know his face or the sound of his voice. That hed never teach her to ride a bike or drive a car, but like everything else, reading the diaries had brought it all to the surface again and she wondered if Alejandro was dead or alive and what he might think of her. Not that she would ever know.
    Maddie poured German chocolate cake bubble bath into the running water and set a tube of chocolate-cake-scented body scrub on the side of the tub. She might not care about matching underwear or the brand name on her shoes, but she loved bath products. Scented potions and lotions were her passion. Give her a creamy scrub and body butter over designer clothes any day.
    Naked, she stepped into the tub and lowered herself into the warm scented water. Ahh, she sighed as she slid beneath the suds. She leaned back against the cool porcelain and closed her eyes. She owned every scent imaginable. Everything from roses to apples, espresso to cake, and years ago shed made peace and learned how to live with her inner hedonist.
    Thered been a time in her life when shed binged on almost anything that gave her pleasure. Men, dessert, and expensive lotions had featured high on her list. As a result of all that bingeing shed developed a narrow view of men and a large behind. A very soft and smooth behind, but a big butt nonetheless. As a child, shed been overweight and the horrors of once again hauling a wide load had forced