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Chapter 36

Edward

It`s Thursday night and I have tomorrow off. Cody and I are going away to the countryside. Happy days!

I drive the dark, quiet roads and sing to some tunes on the radio. As I pull over to park the car outside the house, something I see through the side window stops me in my tracks.

What the…?

I squint my eyes and bump my nose on the window pane. Ouch.

At the front door to our building stands Tanya.

She isn`t alone.

And she`s kissing.

KISSING!

And I mean sucking face, playing tongue hockey, hands in each other`s hair… with another woman!

Fuck. Me.

Really?!

Yeah, it`s definitely Tanya, I recognize her coat! And the other person, with her back to me, is also female, there`s no doubt about it!

Talk about being stunned! I can`t move from my spot and I`m not sure whether or not I`m breathing right now.

I am parked a fair distance away, granting them privacy, but I am positive that I could be walking right past them and they wouldn`t have given a flying monkey about me or the rest of the world.

Now I understand the friendship that Tanya and I have, her coolness and relaxed attitude. The new person in her life wasn`t a guy, it must have been this girl who`s hugging her and caressing her back right this moment. The girlfriend seems as gorgeous as Tanya, and her locks are the color of pure fire flames, even in the dark! Two redheads in action; where is Emmett when you need him?!

Everything about Tanya begins to make sense, her habits, her opinions, her jokes. I`m glad that she`s happy, she deserves it. And I hope she introduces me to her hot girlfriend and soon!

After the ladies part and Tanya goes inside the house while her friend drives off in a little black car, I slowly lock my Volvo and whistle on the way to my place. I can`t stop smiling. Boy, was that a precious moment!

I open the computer and see that BrownEyes1513 is online.

TonyBear: "Hi, Rose. How`s the evening going?"

BrownEyes1513: "Great, thank you. I`ve just cooked up a storm and I`m ready to collapse into bed."

TonyBear: "Sounds yummy and I`m hungry. What did you cook?"

BrownEyes1513: "Lasagne, quiche, and veggie pie. I also baked some banana muffins and a chocolate cake. I`ll freeze some of it and the rest will come with me; I`m going away for the weekend, you see."

TonyBear: "With one of your boyfriends?"

BrownEyes1513: "He`s not my boyfriend, but a weekend can change a lot ; -)"

Cheeky! After what I`ve discovered about Tanya tonight nothing should faze me, but this tiny revelation kind of hurts!

TonyBear: "I wish you a swell time, Rose. But if you don`t, well, I hope you do have fun, but if it happens that things don`t turn out your way… maybe you would like to meet me?"