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matter-of-fact we are all getting together for my birthday in two weeks and I’m going to be sure to send you an evite.” She smiled as she rose up to leave, “Please don’t stand me up.” She winked and switched out of my office door.
    I’d forgotten all about my migraine until I looked at my cell phone and saw that I had a text message from Mike
    Have you seen my Blackberry?
    Rolling my eyes I texted him back:
    You left it on your night stand—remember me telling you to make sure that you didn’t forget it this morning?
    Hitting send I began trying to remember the last time Mike and I even touched one another in a passionate way, but I couldn’t even remember. It is not like we have a bad relationship, but it just lacked passion, fire and desire. Before we had the kids and settled into this pseudo life we had enough passion to burn down the entire city of St. Louis and some of Chicago too. We were one another’s first and only lover so everything was so new and we spent hours just exploring one another. I remember when we first got married we would go to bed together and wake the neighbors every night, but now I’m in bed by nine o’clock and he is in the den watching ESPN until after midnight. Sex has become more of a chore than a desire like cleaning out the refrigerator. We only had sex once a month if that and most of the time my mind is on planet Venus and his is on Mars—we were no longer connected.
    “What are you doing for lunch?” Tabitha smiled as she poked her head into my office.
    I looked up from my work and frowned, “I’m not sure, maybe I’ll go to Subway and get a foot long.”
    She laughed, “Oh you are so boring, come have lunch with my girlfriend and I we are going to Charlie Gitto’s.”
    “You’re eating Charlie Gitto’s for lunch?” I questioned, “No you two go ahead, I have some phone calls that I have to make during lunch and I’ll ruin the hour.”
    “Come on, live a little, you can make those calls any time Santana.” She urged.
    “No, you two go ahead and go without me, maybe next time.”
    Tabitha let out a heavy sigh before she turned to leave.
    I really didn’t have any phone calls to make I just didn’t want to go to lunch with two extremely beautiful, 20-something girls while I was a married woman in my thirties. Watching the men drool over their every move while they barely noticed me while I sat back and look like their aunt who was giving them advice; that would’ve been torture.
    While eating lunch, alone in my office I received a text message from Mike:
    Please make me a dentist appointment, my tooth is killing me.

6
    Asteria
     
    P andia finally arrived just after Keisha washed Mrs. Alexander’s hair; I was working on inventory when she flew past me.
    “Good morning Pandia.” I said annoyed that she didn’t bother to speak to anyone.
    Pandia and I were twins, but we didn’t look nor did act anything alike; she was short with plenty of curves like our mother, I on the other hand, take my height and athletic build from our father. We both were fair skinned with honey colored eyes like our mom, but Pandia opted to wear colored contacts whereas I did not.
    I could tell that Pandia was having one hell of a day as she styled Mrs. Alexander’s hair so I left her alone. I stepped out on the back patio and lit up a cigarette, leaned back and closed my eyes. Just as I began to relax, Keisha stepped out.
    “Can I borrow one?” she asked pointing to my cigarettes.
    I handed her one and my lighter then went back to relaxing.
    “Why doesn’t Pandia like me?” She asked matter-of-factly.
    I opened my eyes, “How do you know that she dislikes you Keisha?”
    She blew smoke, “I’m not stupid, everyone knows that she hates me, but I just don’t understand why.”
    “She thinks that you are unprofessional, arrogant, lazy and that you don’t belong here.” I said bluntly, “But I think that you are talented and with the right mentoring you will go