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Summer
I openanother of Mason’s yogurts and begin squirting it into my mouth while Shaw looks on.
“He is fucking someone else,” I say with a mouthful.
“Excuse me?” Shaw says, his tone bordering pissed off and concern.
“I left the store early today, I had Becky and Tasha there, so I thought it would be great to go home and make a nice dinner to surprise Colin for tonight, only to find that he was already home.”
“Okay,” Shaw says slowly.
“I got home, noticed a jacket that wasn’t mine on the couch, and then I heard something from the bedroom. The door was closed, and you know since I live there, I didn’t knock. So, when I opened up the door, there was Colin on the bed with some chick riding him. Neither of them noticed me right away and then when Colin did, she kept going and I just slammed the door closed.”
“Shit, are you all right?” He asks.
“I started putting random shit in a bag and then I just left. I’m not going to kick him out. Who knows how many surfaces of that apartment are tainted, and now I don’t have a home. I have no home, Shaw!” I begin to feel the tears surfacing.
“Confession time,” Shaw begins with one of our truth bomb moments that we started back in college when we needed to be real with one another. “I never liked Colin, you were too good for him and he was a complete douche-canoe.”
Shaw was out of his seat in a flash and to my side on his knees. His arms wrap around me and I lean into him, with tears falling.
“Daddy, why is Auntie Summer sad?” Mason asks from the front of the dining room.
“Hey bud, can you go play for a little bit? I need to make sure that Auntie Summer is okay.”
I assume that Mason has left the room, as both of Shaw’s arms are wrapped around me again.
“You’ve always got a home here, you know that. I have an extra room that you can stay in for as long as you need.”
“I don’t want to bring my drama into your house,” I cry into his shoulder.
“Sum, you did that the moment you crashed my study group, go hang out with Mason for a little bit, I’ll make sure the bed is made up for you and seriously, just stay here as long as you need.”
“Are you sure?” I ask, pulling back and lifting my chin to look up at him with a sniff.
“Positive.” He looks down and smiles sincerely.
“Thank you, Shaw. I promise to not suck as a temporary roommate.”
“At least be cleaner than a four-year-old.” He says with a tilt of his head.
“Deal.”
“Wait a minute!You actually walked in on it?” Sloane asks, putting down her drink.
I just relayed everything that happened earlier tonight, and I feel like I need to rub my entire body with hand sanitizer.
“It was as if she was singing that ‘Ride a horse’ song.” I reply.
“You mean ‘Save a horse, ride a cowboy’.” Sloane corrects with a laugh.
“Yeah, that. Anyway, she didn’t notice me because she was likely reciting the lyrics, only thing missing was her arm up in the air!”
“Was she cute?” Sloane asks.
“I didn’t get a look at her face, and it happened so quick.”
