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“Yeah, you left so early this morning, we didn’t get a chance to talk,” Jude said. He wasn’t sure why he felt so nervous, but he did.
“What’s there to talk about, Jude?” she asked. “You wanted to comfort me, we had sex, and it won’t happen again.”
“Oh?” he asked. “Why not?”
“Because this isn’t going anywhere between us. What I said last night, about wanting to be in a relationship and wanting something like Savannah found—I meant it. I’m ready to settle down, and you’re not going to be sticking around after this month. I won’t do the long-distance thing, so we’re done,” she said.
“And this is something that you get to decide?” he asked. “I don’t get a say?”
“Have you changed your mind about moving to California?” she asked.
“No,” he breathed.
“Then, nothing’s changed. We won’t be having sex again, Jude. I don’t regret that it happened unless you do, and then, I’m sorry. I wasn’t using you, I just lost myself for a night and I won’t let that happen again.”
“So, that’s it? You got what you wanted and now, we’re done?” he spat.
“Don’t be an ass, Jude. You got what you wanted too. You didn’t seem to be complaining about having sex with me last night. In fact, I remember quite the opposite. We both enjoyed it. Let’s leave it at that and move on. We still have eight more weeks to get through and then, you can move to California, and I can go back to my life in DC” That was the last thing that he currently wanted. He needed to speak up and ask her to come with him, but he just couldn’t find the nerve. Letting Ginger go might not be the easy thing to do, but it was the right thing. She wasn’t going to let him in and there was no way that he’d push her into something that she wasn’t ready for, nor wanted from him. She was right—they’d get through the next eight weeks and then, they’d go their separate ways. Ginger would become a memory for him and that was that. He just hoped like hell that she didn’t become a regret that he’d never get over because Jude wouldn’t be able to handle that.
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Destiny
Destiny Rose knew the man she was seeing, night after night, was more than just a pleasant dream. Sure, he wasn’t bad to look at. In fact, he was downright sexy—someone her mind had conjured up to fill her lonely nights and she had to admit he was a steamy hot distraction. The question remained—who the handsome stranger was who held her in his arms every night, telling her how much he needed her, loved her, and even wanted her? She woke up dazed, her body aching with need and her panties wet from just dreaming about him.
When she was little, her grandmother told her that her dreams meant something. She called Destiny’s ability to see things, often before they ever happened, a gift. Destiny wouldn’t go as far as to call it that since most of the time, it felt more like a curse. Her ability to see people and places she had never been to or met often had her feeling confused and honestly, like a complete freak. She learned to keep her visions to herself, even if someone could have benefited from knowing what she saw, it wasn’t worth the hassle of having to explain to the person how she knew what she did. Not many people bought into the whole, “I had a vision” excuse.
Once in a while, she went out on a limb and told a person about her vision. When she was brave enough to share her secret abilities with someone, they either pushed her out of their life or made fun of her, calling her horrible names. She knew it was better to keep her gift to herself than to have to put up with the self-loathing which often followed being ridiculed by someone she trusted as a friend. Her brother was really the only person who understood her and believed she could see things in her dreams. But Danny was gone now, and she had never felt so alone in her life. He told her that she could do amazing things with her gift and now, she had no one left to tell her that.
Sometimes, Danny would appear in her dreams with the sexy stranger who visited her in her visions each night. Her brother would smile and tell her he was happy for her, and that she should stay with the stranger because she deserved to be happy. When she woke, she felt even more alone and sad that not only was her brother gone, but the handsome stranger most likely only existed in her imagination.
“Might as well get up and head for home,” she whispered to herself. She had spent the better part of a week trying to snap her mother out of her funk. She couldn’t blame her mother for feeling depressed, she was feeling a bit blue too. It had been a year since her brother was killed in action. Danny was everything to her and her mother and now, he was gone. She wasn’t sure if they’d ever be the same again, but she wanted to try. It’s why she drove clear across the country to be with her mom for the week, not that it did her mother much good.
Destiny got out of her warm childhood bed and pulled the covers off to wrap around her body. Her mother’s house was always freezing. She quickly packed and grabbed her clothes for her trip home and headed to the bathroom for a quick shower. When she finally warmed up and was ready to head out, she walked down to the kitchen, suitcase in hand, to find her mother sitting at the table. “Hey, Mom,” she said.
“Hi, honey,” her mother whispered. Her mother was so quiet, Destiny sometimes had trouble hearing her, especially over the phone during their weekly phone calls. It was almost as if her brother’s death took away their mother’s voice, and Destiny worried that she’d never get it back again.
“Do you want a cup of coffee or something to eat?” her mother asked. It wasn’t even dawn yet, and the thought of putting anything into her stomach made her recoil.
“I’m good,” she said, “I’ll get something on the road home. I have a twelve-hour drive, so I’ll need to get on the road.” She hated leaving her mother this way. It sucked that she still couldn’t convince her mother to come back home with her. As her mother liked to point out, she was already home. It was her and Danny’s childhood home and her mother would probably never leave it. It had too many memories, both good and bad. Destiny was the one to leave home after Danny’s death. She took the first job she could find, as far away from her mom and home as possible.
“You sure that you can’t stay a bit longer?” her mother asked.
“I can’t,” Destiny said. “I have to get back to work.” That was a lie. She had another three weeks’ vacation that she could take, but she was hoping to have an actual vacation this year. She wanted to start living a little bit, and a vacation to a tropical island sounded like a good start.
“I understand,” her mother said. That was also a lie. Destiny knew her mother well enough to know that she didn’t understand why she had moved so far away. She had spent countless hours on the phone with her mother trying to explain it to her, but she’d given up on her mom ever understanding anything that she did. Her mom and her usually butted heads, and Danny was the voice of reason between the two of them. Now that he was gone, Destiny was sure that they’d never understand each other ever again.
She crossed the kitchen to kiss her mom’s cheek. “There’s still time to come with me,” she offered.
“You know I don’t want to leave the house,” her mother reminded her. It was what she told Destiny every time she asked her to come out to visit her—she couldn’t leave her house. It was as if her mother believed that the house would miss her or something.
“All right, Mom,” she said. “Well, I better get on the road. I love you.” Destiny picked up her suitcase and backpack, turning to leave.
“I love you too, honey,” her mother called after her. Destiny didn’t turn back because she knew that she’d find her mother crying. She could hear it in her voice, and if she stopped or even looked back, she’d never leave. And staying wasn’t something that Destiny could do. Staying would cripple her emotionally, and she couldn’t let that happen. No, for now, she needed to get on the road and head home. The sun would be up in about an hour, and she needed to say goodbye to her mom and get back to her life, no matter how boring it was or how many tears her mother cried to try to stop her from going. At least Destiny had her dreams, and they would have to be enough—for now.
Evan
