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“What do I have to do for you to give me another chance? I was stupid and I made a mistake. I’ve regretted it ever since,” Ryan pleaded.
“You’re sniveling. Not very becoming for a man.”
Jamie sighed heavily and said, “There is absolutely nothing that you can do. I’m over you. Frankly, I’m glad that you left me when you did, before we both made a big mistake. Otherwise, it would have been too late once I finally opened my eyes and saw what kind of man you truly are. Go home, Ryan. Either fix things with Amber or move on.”
Ryan stared at Jamie. His face hardened, and he clenched his jaw. Jamie could almost see the gears turning in his head as he tried to figure out the next thing to say.
Finally, he said, “I’m not giving up on us.”
“There is no us. Don’t waste your time.”
Ryan ran his hand over his face turned to leave.
Jamie looked at Clara and asked, “Can you believe this man?”
“Persistent. I’ll have to give him that,” Clara replied. “Do you want me to have Dillon beat him up for you?”
Jamie laughed at the humorous suggestion.
“No. If it comes to that, I’ll beat him up myself,” she said. “But seriously, I’m wondering what I could have ever seen in that man.”
“I asked myself that a lot when I figured out what kind of man John was. I seriously questioned my judgement when he tried to kill me. But, as the cliché goes, love is blind. We see what we want to see.”
Jamie nodded and said, “I guess. I’d like to think that since I’ve grown up some, my judgement, especially about men, has gotten better.”
“You don’t have to worry. Luke and Ryan are not in the same category.”
A customer came in and kept Clara, Jamie, and the two helpers that Clara hired, busy. When the end of the day was finally over, Jamie was tired.
“I think there are some frozen taquitos calling my name, and then a hot bath and a good book.”
“That actually sounds nice,” Clara said. “Maybe after Zeke and Reno are tucked in bed and Dillon is watching a game or something.”
“That is one nice thing about being single. I don’t have to worry about making dinner for other people and what other people are up to,” Jamie said.
“There are perks to both sides of the coin.”
Jamie heaved a sigh of happiness when she pulled into her drive way. She made dinner and was about to take that promised bath when there was a loud knock on her door.
She thought about ignoring it because she knew that Luke would text or call before coming over, so a visit this late probably wasn’t going to be fun.
“Mr. Johnson. How are you? Is everything okay?” Jamie asked her landlord.
“I’m okay. Can I come in for a second?”
“Sure,” Jamie said, opening her door wider.
“I wanted to let you know that I had a visitor today,” he began.
Jamie’s heart sank. She had a pretty good idea who that visitor was.
“Alexis Faison came to see me.”
Jamie hung her head and said, “I’m sorry.”
She held her breath, waiting for him to tell her that he was going to evict her.
“Don’t be sorry. It wasn’t your fault. But she did want me to evict you. She told me that you were a terrible person and was going to tear up the house, and that your bad reputation would rub off on me. I told her that I thought you were a lovely person and that there was no way that I would evict you.
