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wanted to tell herself the snuggling was to keep her warm, which was partly true. It certainly didn’t hurt that it felt so darn good being so close to Dom. Karen supposed anyone looking at them would figure they were an item.
     
    Gaining her composure, she had a funny suspicion of who this little birdie was. “I know it wasn’t nobody but that nosy little Summer. I thought that was Nick’s car I saw speeding by.”
     
    Starr couldn’t help but to laugh. Karen had hit the nail right on the head. Before she could get her foot good out the bed and set it on the floor this morning, Summer was ringing her phone. “Hey, don’t talk about your other sister like that. If she didn’t tell me, you sure weren’t going to tell me. Besides, you need to get out.”
     
    Karen twisted the top back on the water bottle and padded back to the laundry room to finish her ironing. “I do get out.”
     
    “Girl, stop being smart. You know what I mean. With a man and not with us the girls all the time.” Starr often felt bad when she and Summer would talk about their dates with their husbands as Karen listened, trying to pretend she wasn’t affected. Starr always sensed that her sister wanted someone for herself, but was holding back from finding someone because of her children.
     
    Playing down her excitement of having been out on a pseudo date, Karen lied. “It was no big deal. We just went to get something to eat. Dom brought me right back home. No big deal. He didn’t even come in once he dropped me off.” Lord help me. I wanted him to so he could kiss me senseless again.
     
    “Mmm-hmm. What about the snuggly-snuggly in line?”
     
    Karen laughed. “Fool, it was cold out there last night. That wasn’t no snuggly-snuggly. That was surviving.”
     
    Now it was Starr’s turn to laugh. “Yeah, whatever you say big sis. Listen, I have to get ready to go. I hear the gang coming in the back door.”
     
    “Alright, honey. Tell Mommy and Poppa Patrick I said hi. And kiss my nieces and nephew for me.”
     
    “Okay, will do.” Before hanging up, Starr just had to know one thing. “Did you have a good time last night?”
     
    Smiling, Karen honestly admitted, “Yes, I did have a good time with Dom.”
     
    Karen could feel her sister’s smile. “I’m glad.”
     
    “Thanks Starry.”
     
    “You’re welcome big sis.”
     

Chapter 5
     
     
     
    “Put your hard hat on, buddy.”
     
    The little boy smiled up at Dom. “Okay.”
     
    Excitement coursed through Kyle as he settled the hard hat construction workers wore on his head. He obediently lifted his head as Dom adjusted the strap under his chin to keep the hat from moving so freely on his small head.
     
    Dom had been promising him for weeks that he would take him to one of the construction sites so he could see what he did for a living. When he had tried explaining what a structural engineer did, Kyle couldn’t quite grasp the concept. So Dom decided it would be better to show him.
     
    Kyle had thought he was in some sort of trouble when his teacher told him to go to the principal’s office. Walking slowly to the office, the small child fought back tears. I didn’t do anything. Johnnie pulled Lauren’s hair. Not me!
     
    To Kyle’s surprise he was called to the office to get a message from his mother. Dom would be picking him up from school because his mom had to take his sister to her doctor’s appointment at three o’clock. Kyle’s day got even better when Dom told him he was taking him to a construction site where he was working.
     
    Double checking to make sure the protective gear was properly in place on Kyle’s head, Dom began to give him a lecture. “I’m going to walk you around the site so you can see the men working. Stay close to me and don’t touch anything.” Placing his hand on Kyle’s shoulder he gave him a gentle squeeze. “You ready?”
     
    “I’m ready Mr. Dom.” Dom smiled down at Kyle when he slid his tiny hand into his