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Jamie drew random lines in the snow as she sorted out her thoughts and feelings.
“I don’t know where the relationship is going to go, but I think he wants to go on another date with me. I like spending time with him. He’s a great guy, and hot, too.”
Jamie laughed.
“I wish you were here so we could really talk. I miss you so much. I’ve felt so alone since you’ve been gone.”
She didn’t really expect an answer. Jamie knew that ghosts existed, but she was confident that her mother had gone to heaven or whatever paradise there was after death. Jamie did feel a lot better after she got everything off of her chest, even though her mother didn’t reply.
Jamie sat for a couple more minutes, missing her mother so much that her soul ached. She was just about to leave when a warm breeze suddenly circled around her, enveloping her. It was gone as soon as it had come.
Wiping the tears from her eyes, she went back to the café and the familiar smell of coffee.
“Are you okay?” Clara asked.
“I am.”
She was just about to ask another question when the door flew open and Alexis flooded into the café.
“Damn,” Jamie muttered to herself.
She put both hands on the counter as she prepared herself for what she knew was going to be another unpleasant confrontation.
Alexis reeked of expensive perfume, making Jamie gag. She had overdone her make up this morning, giving her face an exaggerated look. Her tight clothes left nothing to the imagination. Jamie wanted to ask her whether Alexis was aware of how ridiculous she looked, but decided not to start a confrontation.
“What can I get for you?” Jamie asked.
“I saw you with Luke last night,” Alexis snarled.
“Did you, now. I didn’t think that you noticed me at all.”
Clara took a step toward Jamie and Alexis, but Jamie subtly lifted her hand, motioning for Clara to stop.
“You need to back off. You are pathetic and certainly not good enough for him. Someone like you could never make a man like him happy. You don’t have what it takes.”
“I guess that would be for him to decide,” Jamie said, keeping her voice calm.
“I want him. You need to learn your place and step aside.”
It doesn’t seem to me that Luke is interested in you at all.
Instead of voicing her thoughts, she said, “Luke is a free man. If he would like to be with you, then he just has to tell me. So far, he hasn’t said anything like that.”
“You are stupid. He’s too wrapped up in whatever you are putting out to understand how great he and I will be together. Walk away, Jamie.”
Jamie wasn’t a violent person, but she really wanted to throat punch Alexis. However, she knew that wouldn’t go over too well and she really didn’t want to go to jail, so she kept her cool.
She kept her face and voice emotionless when she said, “I like Luke. He is sweet and a lot of fun to hang out with. I intend to keep dating him and getting to know him better, unless the time comes when he lets me know that he really isn’t interested anymore.”
Alexis’ face turned bright red and glowed under the pound of make up she wore. She clenched her hands into fists until her knuckles were white.
She gnashed her teeth when she said, “I’m warning you. Back off, bitch, or I will make your life miserable.”
Jamie sucked in a huge breath of air, stood up straight, and held her head up high.
“You are not going to bully me. You think that just because you have money that you are better than everyone else and that you can force people to do what you want. The fact is, you don’t scare me. I will see who I want, when I want, including Luke, and there’s not one thing you can do to stop me.”
Alexis started shaking and Jamie was sure that the woman was about to explode.
