His skin seemed to have no other tone to it. The air was taken right out of her. She felt weak. “Ma’am?” Dominic asked. “Oh,&#...8221; Elizabeth said. “Yes. Front and back yard mow andhedging?” Dominic checked the clipboard in his hand. “That’s right.Introductory offer. Fifty dollars for full service.” The man had some kind of accent Elizabeth couldn’t place.Maybe he was from the Caribbean, but it wasn’t quite like that,either. He. Both eye brows rose when he looked at the clock and realized he was not due for his meeting for another twenty minutes. "Jenny dear, follow me to my office." He calmly said in passing as he walked by her desk. She immediately hopped up eager to follow her bosses command. Only professional... only professional she repeated to herself. She was not one who liked to mix pleasure with business. Even though he seemed to blur the line for her when convenient. Something she had a love/hate. She was gulping down her second glass of orange juice when she heard the sound of laughter from her mom's bedroom. It seemed strange that her mom was up that late since she had to be at work at eight AM the next morning. Sheila knew that Uncle Bob was staying over just like he always did when he was traveling from another town. Still, it was far too late to be discussing anything when people should be sound asleep.She crept up to the door and managed to peep through the keyhole which was one of. I told her, again, that I loved her. I had no reservations about saying that to Evie, even under these conditions; I knew without a doubt that she understood what I meant. Truth is, I'd always loved her, even in the other life. And I knew that she felt the same about me. It just so happened that, until the last few months, the stars had never aligned in such a way to allow us to act on those feelings. I also believed that no matter what happened from here on out, a part of me would always love.