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How’s that?” I said, taking a few steps closer to Matt.
                  “Thomas.” I didn’t like Audrey’s scared voice.
                  “Just go inside, honey. And wait for me,” I said while entering their line of vision when Audrey ran inside the house, to safety.
                  It was in the car, when I was taking Matt to the precinct, that I realized I had called Audrey honey. It felt intimate and real. I liked it.
    I loved it, actually.
                 
    When I got home a few hours later, exhausted in a way I’ve never been before, Audrey welcomed me. I didn’t even had time to lock the door behind me when a strong pair of arms were around my neck. It was our first touch, and it was overwhelming. I stood there, unmoving, tired as hell as Audrey hugged me. For a few seconds I closed my eyes. Her body against mine was too good to pull away.
    And so I didn’t.
    Her smell of lilies assaulted my nose and I instantly felt calm.
                  Her hands moved to the back of neck as her forehead rested on my temple. “Are you okay?” she whispered. That voice installing itself inside my chest like it was made to be there.
                  “I said once you shouldn’t worry about me,” I murmured back, my eyes finding Rachel sleeping in the couch.
                  I felt Audrey nodding against my right cheek, her warmth taking over me and overloading my senses. I didn’t even move. My arms were dead next to my body, unable to hold her back because I was too afraid that the moment I did let go, it wouldn’t have a way to turn back.
    Audrey’s lips touched my chin, sending chills all over my body and making an erection that would take forever to come back from.
                  “I’m so glad you’re okay,” she said, her breath invading mouth and my nose.
                  I couldn’t look at her, it was too much. “I need to take a shower. Take Rachel to bed,” I didn’t want to sound so hard, but maybe I was. I disentangled myself from her and went straight to the bathroom, where not even a cold shower would solve my problem.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Three
    He had called me honey while a man with a gun was standing right in front of him. Even though the situation was horrible, and the waiting for him to come home was even worse, was it wrong to be happy with something so small and trivial?
    I’ve never been more happy when I saw him enter the front door, in which was why I couldn’t control my emotions, not even my body. I was so glad he was okay, safe and sound, and in one piece that it was too much for me. I threw my arms around him, rested my worried face on his temple and kissed him in such an intimate way. He didn’t return any of my gestures, didn’t even held me, and right after, he went away. I wasn’t going to lie…it hurt. I shouldn’t even have done that, and still I had wanted something in return.
    I was ready to cry, that’s how embarrassed and stupid I felt. But one look at Rachel made me swallow all that inside. I picked her up and went to the hallway. I passed the bathroom, where I could hear the water running and stopped for a second. Thomas was in there, naked. The water was probably cascading down his hard muscles behind that door. And even though he didn’t feel the same way about me, I wanted to go in there and be with him.
    How crazy was I?
    Resting Rachel’s sleepy tiny body to her bed made me calm and at peace. I kissed her on the forehead and went straight to my bedroom, where a long night would take place.
     
    *****
     
    After a long and cold shower, I went to take care of some things around the house. I didn’t want to go to bed, I needed to keep moving. After half an hour, I was in Rachel’s room, watching her sleep as a little angel she truly was. And she was sleeping there, safe and sound, because of Audrey. Audrey who had turned around