“Hi Aunt Carolyn,” he said with a weak smile.

All of the children in her circle of friends called the adults aunt and uncle.

“Have you been with Maya all this time?”


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“What?!” She gasped.


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Giving instructions that all visitors had to be out of the house by 8:30, Carolyn excused herself from the table and went to get ready to meet Marco and Vinnie for dessert.


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“Let’s see if I can salvage that stir fry, yes?”  Chaya said.


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“The beans will get soft,” Chaya said, turning to her daughter with a smile.


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Maya swung the door open, barely allowing her eyes to rest on Charlie before she spun away and walked over to one of the tall windows overlooking the garden.


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Marco looked at Joel, suddenly unsure of what to say.  He had played the conversation in his head in fine and perfect detail, just an hour ago as he lay with his arms wrapped around a sleeping Carolyn.

Now he was stumped.


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“Wait in the office?!  Wait in the office?!”

“We spend two hours making love on my living room floor last night, and I have to wait in the office?!  What am I, a business associate now?!”

Carolyn looked at him in shock and then burst into tears.


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“Whaaaat?”  She heard Maya mumble from the other side of the door.


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She smiled gently.  “Joey...no matter what happens, you are my ba...my son, and I will always love you.”

Suddenly his arms were wrapped tightly around her.


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