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me from the floor and carried me to bed, kissing me deeply.
    " Can I talk ? " I asked, wide-eyed when h e ' d taken his fill of my mouth.
    " You said it all , " he mused as he smiled down at me.
    " Rhys, pleas e .. . I want you r — "
    " Daughter! Just what in the hell are you doing ? " my mother asked, making me jump out of my skin and stumble backwards only to fall over a stack of boxes before landing hard on my ass on the garage floor. My face was still flushed with arousal from my memor y o f that night with Rhys. H e ' d kept me tied to the bed while I slept so he could fuck me on his whim. I quickly started working again, grabbing a stack of old newspapers and throwing them into the trash.
    " Jesus, Mothe r .. . I wa s .. . I am trying to keep you and Dad safe. There are enough old papers in here to set the entire neighborhood on fire . "
    " Did it ever occur to you that we might not want our garage cleaned out ? " She put her hands on her hips and I mirrored her stance with a n ' are you going to do i t ' face. I ignored her for several minutes, trying desperately to calm myself as she watched me work.
    " Mom, just let me finish this. I just need to keep busy right now. I do n ' t want to talk. Just let me handle things my way, okay ? "
    " Fine, I ' ll bring you some iced tea and, Violet, as much as your father and I love your company, you have to go home sometime. You ca n ' t avoid life forever . "
    " Says who, Mom ? " My voice cracked, though I had n ' t let myself get upset since that night . " Reality, I have no use for it, none . You go live there. I ' m happy to ignore it . "
    " Baby, I know yo u ' re hurting . " She took a step toward me.
    " Do you, Mom? Do you have any idea what this is like? I do n ' t think so. You got the man you wanted. Me, I have to jump through a hoop of fire and swallow a pill of shit just to date mine . "
    " Violet, what are you talking about? Is there something yo u ' re not telling me ? "
    I sighed heavily, knowing I ' d said too much . " I ' m simply saying i t ' s becoming more apparent that dating when yo u ' re thirty-three is not as simple as when yo u ' re twenty-three . "
    And when yo u ' re dating an ex-Dom who totes a diaper bag, has a split personality, and psychotic ex-girlfriend, it gets much more complicated.
    Rhy s ' s past gave a whole new meaning to the word baggage. Then again, I had severe trust issues and they were more apparent now than ever.
    Oh, what a pair.
    My mother watched me closely as I ignored her and took on a new shelf in her garage. I must have been a sight with my worn out denim jeans, grease covered white t-shirt, ratty hair and circles under my eyes from lack of sleep. I did n ' t want her to know that Rhys was anything less than the perfect man she assumed he was.
    He was far too secretive, controlling, and infuriating at the moment.
    And still I loved him. It was way too late to save myself from it.
    Thankfully, my mother left me to my brooding to go get my tea while I collapsed on a set of boxes and buried my head in my hands. My pocket vibrated and my heart leaped as I looked at the text.
    R: Talk to me, Violet.
    V: And exactly whom would I be talking to today?
    R: You don’t want me to give up any more than I’m willing to.
    V: Maybe you should ignore that fact. I can’t trust you, Rhys.
    R: Maybe you could if you would stop fucking running away from me.
    V: Maybe I would if you would stop fucking lying to me.
    R: Omitting
    V: Same thing. And I’m not running. My parents need me.
    R: For what…to clean out their garage?
    I saw red as I realized my mother was texting him . " Mother ! " She did n ' t answer and I knew she was cowering in the kitchen. Minutes passed as I waited for his next text. I knew he was angry with me as well. We were both hurt. If we were to go any further, I had to make it crystal clear I would no longer put up with lies and omissions. Even if he did it to protect me, even if it was for my own good, I wanted full