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wasn’t helping much, not now that she was facing the reality of maybe running into someone from her past. And let’s face it, everyone here knew her in some capacity or another.
    She prayed with every step that no one stopped her to ask how she was doing. More than once she almost turned and headed back to the safety of her new cave. She only closed her eyes for one second when she saw old Ms. Thompson coming out her front door.
    It was just her luck that the town’s busy body would be making her rounds just as she was finding her confidence. With her eyes closed she didn’t see the hard body until her nose was pressed into his chest.
    “Hey lady you okay?” That voice, damn. Her eyes flew open and up and she almost busted her ass on the ground as she throttled back and away to escape his warm grasp on her arms. He held on tighter.
    “Sorry, I wasn’t looking where I was going.” Her voice was barely above a croak and she had to clear it a couple times to be understood as she kept her eyes averted.
    “Sorry.” She apologized again when he didn’t say anything, which prompted her to look at him. She looked up at his great height, her neck straining backwards as she got caught by the stranger’s eyes. She wasn’t too numbed by life to admire his beauty and that was before she even had time to take in the rest of him, which she did now that she could think clearly again.
    He had the most amazing silver eyes she’d ever seen. She didn’t think humans had eyes that color. Maybe they were contacts, yeah that had to be it. Whatever they were they were amazing, especially with his reddish blonde hair, which he wore cut short.
    His arms in the tee shirt he wore were built and covered in some kind of colorful tattoo that she now saw ran up the side of his neck.
    She took it all in at a glance while the rest of her stood frozen. Something strange was going on with her respiratory system and he still hadn’t spoken. Just stood there looking down at her with her arms held. Have mercy! He must’ve heard her silent prayer because he took it easy on her dropped her arms.
    “No problem, just be careful okay, you sure you’re okay?” Something about his voice made her feel uncomfortably warm. It was smooth, deep, masterful. How the hell can you tell all that from one sentence ninny? Her inner voice was a bitch.
    “Yeah, I’m fine.” So why don’t you put one foot in front of the other and keep it moving Kerry? He’s bound to think you’re nuts if you stand here ogling him. He finally released her and her breathing evened out.
    She ran her eyes down the front of him and sucked in her breath when they landed on his zipper. Mother of…It moved and she squeaked.
    “Babe.”
    She looked back up to his eyes and almost died of embarrassment; he’d caught her ogling his package. Kill me kill me now, she thought as her cheeks heated up. He had a slight smile on his face as he studied her.
    “Er, excuse me, gotta go.” She’d lost her damn mind that’s it. All the pressure from the last few months had finally made her crack and that’s why she was standing on a sidewalk salivating over the very well proportioned schlong of a complete stranger. She had never in her life done such a thing, what in the world had possessed her? Sure he was the hottest thing she’d ever seen outside a TV screen, but still. She wasn’t the type to act in such a way.
    What must he think of her? She knew he’d caught her, oh damn. But funnily enough where the old Kerry would’ve run in mortal shame, the new one wouldn’t mind another peek. Good grief.
    You’d think she’d learned her lesson. What happened to all those private vows she’d made to herself, never to even look at a member of the opposite sex again in this lifetime? It took her a moment to realize he hadn’t moved out of her way to let her pass since she’d gotten tangled up in her own head.
    “You’re absolutely gorgeous.” Her eyes bugged out of her head at his