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What the hell is that noise?

She shoved the heels of her hands against her eyes, blocking out the lalasses was stuck to one of her hands, and she ripped it off, letting it flutter to the floor When her ether the last few hours

Willa and Evan reuniting in the hallway Evan staying for dinner Ginger watching Willa ser plied herself ine, la the fact that she was now the only emotionally stunted sister in the room

Check, check, and check

She buried her head in her hands and groaned When had the world shifted and left her sitting in the saainst the world! Sure, they never discussed their hopes or fears, but they sure as hell had each other’s backs Now, Ginger wondered if she’d been wearing blinders as her sister developed an entirely new facet to her personality

She’d been the one to o for a new start, but the only thing she’d really changed was her location Willa had found a way to move on from the past Why couldn’t she?

Derek wanted to talk to her to a potential relationship between thehtened her He didn’t realize how i to convince her to take that leap Did he think a simple conversation could erase the previous twenty-three years she spent not trusting anyone but herself?

We’re er Accept it

Oddly enough, she had accepted it So very clearly existed between them besides their intense sexual attraction Otherwise, she wouldn’t be feeling sexually frustrated, sitting in a pool of cheap wine She’d be with Derek, working out those frustrations in a farmanner

She couldn’t allow herself to succuh Every second she spent with him made it harder to keep a comfortable distance And even if she wanted to attempt a purely sexual relationship with Derek, he’d ement didn’t work for him Damn him for that Because his restraint had acco her, which it had It enuine If -willed people, such as them, wanted it to

What would Derek be like as a boyfriend? Controlling, possessive, challenging Yes to all of the above

She thought of the ht The hu Derek with the dry sense of humor The one who’d held her hand and stroked her hair She’d barely scratched his surface Did she want to?

Yes and no Yes, because men like him were rare She wanted to knohat drove hi intensity focused on her…it would never be boring, that was for certain

No, because the et

But Ginger knew one thing SheDerek go without at leastempty

Tomorrow, she’d listen to what he had to say Then she’d decide

Where is that noise co from?

She peeled her hands away fro and dancing on the coffee table she’d been working on prior to passing out Her clock said 1:45 am The screen of her cell displayed an unknown nu her at this tiht?

“Hello?”