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"Point taken," Gwen agreed For ain a san all day Of course, they’d htening her spine in what Gwen kneas her war pose, Wendy cracked her knuckles before saying, "All right, let’s figure out what to do about this guy who you’re in love with You say that everything was great until the last week Can you think of anything that was a turning point? And if your answer pertains to anything between the sheets, I don’t need to know details--well, unless they’re really good ones"

"I heard that," Peter yelled from the other rooled

Gwen didn’t need to think about it She knehen things had changed with Dominic "Well, it started off atched Monster-in-Law"

"Oh, I love that hed "You mean, he actually watched it? That’s a love story, so ould that have put hiruet into it He was yelling at Jane Fonda’s character and shouting warnings to Jennifer Lopez It was so unbelievably cute that I could barely concentrate Then after it was over, it was like he was eh, which is unusual because he norether, at either his place or mine I think that was the first ti her head, Wendy said, "I don’t think that’s really a big thing Everyone has an off night occasionally and just wants to be alone Did youdeal out of it?"

"No I was surprised, but I don’t think it showed But, before he left, he nancy test and recoo ahead and buy one of those early ones Oh, and there was the conversation I overheard between hi Donant so he could get back together with his ex-girlfriend while she was available Do she was the wo like that after how great things have been between us"

"Maybe they were joking, Gwen You kno men can be sometimes I wouldn’t put too ht pieces of"

"Well, considering he hadn’ta test up until that point, it just seee"

"And he hasn’t called or texted at all while he’s been out of town, except for the one that caused you to destroy your phone?"

"No, that’s it" Feeling utterly confused, Gwen confessed, "I just don’t understand it When I tried to keep soh He took my seniors water class with ine another o to that much trouble--not tohis tietaway? Before this week, he textedthe day several times just to see hoas and he always called when he left work In my past relationships, even if I didn’t want to ad made me not fully trust the that it would end badly With Dominic, the fear was there fro was different I tried to guardfrom the firsthis friend, Mac, who I liked a lot, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Do her voice, Wendy whispered, "He looks that good, huh?"

"And then soreat personality and presence, bigger than life He’s the type of person that people just gravitate toward You feel like you’re the only one in the world when you have his attention I swear, a bomb could drop nearby and he wouldn’t break eye contact He certainly wasn’t checking out other woorgeous, but other than being polite, I never saw hiive her a second look"

"Well, he sounds wonderful," Wendy adood at convincing others that he is Hey, are you still on speaking terht or anything Why?"

"Well, maybe you could talk to hi her nose, Gwen said, "I don’t think that’s a good idea I can only iuy, but he and Doo way back He probably wouldn’t want to be put in the ht I know this sounds like no advice at all, but I think you should just play it by ear and see what happens next Normally, I would tell you to walk away and not look back, but if you love him, then maybe you shouldn’t write him off yet On the other hand, don’t take any crap from him You deserve a man who makes you his priority Please don’t settle for less than that I swear, he better not be like Chris or I’ll take you both out"

Grinning, Gwen thought back to one of her weirder breakups She’d dated Chris for six months before he broke up with her "Oh, coinal excuse at least"