
She turned to me and looked me up and down. She was carrying a smal baker’s box, the kind in which you pack birthday cakes. I saw Eddie standing in front of a tiny, Mexican woman with shiny black hair and a near-perfectly round body. I heard voices talking in Spanish, so I put the phone on I heard voices talking in Spanish, so I put the phone on the counter deciding to text Indy later and I walked into the other room.


I looked to see who it was, worried it was Mom but it was Indy. I wiped my hands on a dishtowel, grabbed my purse and just missed the last ring. I rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher and heard my cel phone ring. “Jesus Christ,” he muttered and even though I couldn’t see him, I was pretty sure it was muttered through gritted teeth. His arm tightened and his mouth went away. His mouth moved up my neck to behind my ear. I did a ful -body shiver and, between my legs, my doo-da quivered. “Leave them,” he said against my neck in a voice that clearly stated his words were not a suggestion. Then his mouth was where my hair used to be. I wasn’t beneath cleaning his bathroom if I had to.Įddie came up behind me, his h*ps pressed mine into the sink, an arm came around my middle and his other hand moved my hair away from my neck. I’l just do these and wrap up the food.” And anything else I could think up to avoid him while we were in his house. “Leave them,” he said to the back of my head. I was rinsing the plates when I heard Eddie come in behind me. “I’l do the dishes,” I announced, deciding that was a good plan.

“I’l do the dishes,” I announced, deciding that was a I didn’t want to think what we could do so I jumped up and grabbed the plates. Then we were finished eating and I realized I’d been lul ed into a false sense of security.
