But please, we must hurry. Apurese, senorita.’ ‘Wait a minute,’ I said when we were outside. ‘What does this fight, whatever it is, have to do... with the Cuban?’ ‘His cat is fighting tonight,’ he said. ‘He will be there, I know.’ Without another word of explanation he started off across the square, and there was nothing I could do but shrug and follow him as best I could. He led me past the church, and then through a maze of impossibly narrow alleyways, finally stopping in front of a silent,. Shit, had he done it to protect her, or to keep her for himself? He’d been neglecting his job and career at a time when the whole economy, including his business, was going down the toilet. He could lose his business, his house, his career, and for what, so she could tell him she wasn’t even sure if she ever wanted to see him again. Things really sucked! Cheryl glanced over at Martin as they stepped out on the sidewalk. He’d rescued her from Turner’s not two hours earlier, taken her to an. " I got another surprise for you." Amy said as Jason finished hisstrawberry frosted cake that made it appear as pink as the rest of thebirthday display and opened a present that included his first purse. Itwas blue leather and looked almost a match to his mother's black onewhen sitting on the floor beside it. He also got a new doll house,several Barbie dolls and some pretty skirts and blouses."What mom?" Jason asked as his red polished fingers gripped a glass ofchocolate milk and finished. "I've sold the store, and I'm going to put this house on the market. I'm going to go back home for awhile, until I can figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life."I had no idea she had even been thinking about doing that. We really never talked much, other than sex talk. The idea that she could just leave like that hit me like a slap across the face. I couldn't help myself, I felt tears welling up in my eyes, and before I could stop them I felt the warm drops cascading down my.