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The minute he saw me, his eyes got funny, kind of lazy, amused and assessing all at the same time. His eyelids came down just a bit, the corners of his lips turned up and his dimple came out.
“I’ll go get the gravy,” Mom said and wheeled away, guiding herself with her foot.
I set the food on the table, busy, busy, busy. I was just noticing the table Mom laid was set for five rather than three when I felt Eddie come up behind me.
“Take a seat,” I said, not turning to look at him and not caring if I seemed impolite.
I was back to my Bitch Strategy. I was counting on the fact that no one really wanted to be around a bitch, not even Eddie.
His hands went low on my hips, I felt pressure there and he turned me around. His hands slid around me, still low on my hips so they settled at the top of my behind and he pressed me close.
I looked up, the lazy look was still on his face but he was smiling full now.
I took a mental deep breath.
“Food’s gonna get cold,” I warned.
“What’s the matter now?” he asked.
I blinked.
“What do you mean? Nothing’s the matter.”
He watched me and then something lit in his eyes. I didn’t know what that something was, but by the look of it, it was something that made Eddie very happy.
“You’re scared of me,” he murmured, pulling me closer.
I blinked again and my body got stiff.
“I’m not scared of you,” I lied.
The smile was there, but now it, too, turned lazy and somehow…satisfied.
“Yeah, you are.”
“Am not,” I denied.
“You are and you should be.”
My eyes got round. “Why?”
“Because, you don’t give it, I’m gonna take it and you know it.”
“Give what?”
“Anything,” he said, and his mouth came to mine. “Everything.”
Dear Lord.
My breath caught. My doo-da quivered. I grabbed on to his biceps and he kissed me. I slipped firmly into the Eddie Daze and, I’m afraid to say, kissed him back. When he lifted his head, it took a few seconds for me to open my eyes.
“Chiquita, you’re too adorable,” he muttered watching me, the lazy look gone, the hungry look in its place.
The buzzer went and I jumped.
“I’ll get it!” Mom yelled and immediately exited the kitchen, her snail’s pace fetching of the gravy explained.
I knew she was giving Eddie and me a moment and probably eavesdropping at the same time. If her fast advance from the kitchen was anything to go by, she’d positioned herself right at the door.
