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“Hey—did you have fun?” Her friend Eden poked her head around the corner and smiled. “I’m assuming that since you are home so early my answer is no, but I thought I’d be polite and ask.”
Dallas made a face and Eden softly cursed. “You saw him, didn’t you?” She asked. Her friend always was able to pick up things.
“How the hell did you figure that out?” Dallas grumbled.
“You make a face anytime his name is brought up. Listen, I’ve never met the guy, but you’re going to have to get over this anger you’re harboring towards him. If not for yourself then for Greer,” Eden said.
Dallas sighed and nodded. Her friend was right—she owed it to both herself and her daughter to stop hating the man who had given her the greatest gift she ever had.
“I ran into him tonight at The Voodoo Lounge,” Dallas admitted.
“Well, shit. That’s not good. Did you talk to him?” Eden asked. Dallas could hear the question her friend was really asking her.
“Just go ahead and ask,” Dallas said.
“Did you tell him about Greer?” Eden dramatically whispered.
Dallas shook her head. “No. I didn’t even get the chance to talk to him. He was sitting across the bar with some really good-looking guy and by the time I tried to make it across the crowded dance floor, they bolted.”
“Good,” Eden said. “You don’t owe him anything, Dallas. He used you and left you pregnant and alone. Hell, you didn’t even know if that fucker was alive or dead. Telling him about Greer would be a huge mistake.” Dallas wondered if her friend was right. For months after Savage cut off contact with her, she worried that he had been in some horrific accident and was hurt or worse—dead. It was silly really but believing some made-up tragic story was so much easier than knowing the truth. He just walked away from her, and that realization stung like a son-of-a-bitch. Eden was right about one thing—Savage used her anddidn’t even have the common decency to tell her it was over. He was a coward, and he showed his true colors tonight when he ran out of that bar again.
“Maybe you’re right,” Dallas said with a shrug.
“No maybe about it, girl. You’ve proven that you don’t need his damn help with Greer. You’re an awesome mom and your daughter will get everything she needs from you and well—me, her fabulous auntie.”
Dallas giggled, “Thanks, fabulous auntie,” she teased. “I needed to hear that tonight. It was just so strange, you know?”
“You mean seeing him again?” Eden asked.
“No—the way he left out of that bar. First, he took off like his pants were on fire and then, I could have sworn that he was holding hands with the hot guy he was with.”
“What?” Eden questioned. “As in—they were there together, on a date?”
“Yeah, but that’s crazy, right?” Dallas asked. Maybe she hadn’t seen them correctly or she had just misread the situation.
“Well, that would explain why he ghosted you,” Eden offered. “Maybe he realized he liked being with guys,” she teased.
“Are you implying that I turned him gay?” Dallas mocked upset and Eden giggled.
“That is one explanation,” Eden joked, but Dallas found the whole topic less funny than her friend seemed to. Dallas had more at stake in all of this—she had more to lose and there would be no way she’d take chances with her daughter’s happiness, not even for the sexiest man she had ever known. When Savage walked away from her, he didn’t realize he was also leaving behind a little piece of himself that would remind Dallas, every day, of the time they had spent together. Her three-month-old daughter, Greer, was the spitting image of her father and the reason why she needed to work through her anger towards Savage. She owed her daughter at least that much.
