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out for
them and I have as long as I want to pay it back.”
    “ You shouldn’t have done
that Phoebe. I’ll help you,” Patricia insisted.
    She shook her head. “No Mother. I won’t have
you give me a dime. What you do around the house and for the kids
is worth its weight in gold. I have plenty of time to return the
money so I don’t want you to worry about.”
    Patricia kissed her daughter’s cheek and gave
her a big hug. “I’ve got sandwich and soup on the stove. Get some
rest and we’ll talk more later. I’ll straighten things out at the
bank about the overage.”
    “ Thank you, Momma,” she
said gratefully laying back down very blessed to have a mother like
Patricia who was so understanding, although she had a feeling
Patricia didn’t believe her story about the loan, but Phoebe knew
her mother wouldn’t press the subject. Patricia would give Phoebe
time to come out with the truth eventually.
    Phoebe just didn’t know when she would be
able to tell her mother the truth. Closing her eyes, she felt the
vile deep in her belly rumble and she knew in a moment she would be
making another trip to the bathroom to throw up what was left in
her stomach. Her thoughts went back to all those late nights with
Madeline at the office. Madeline would tell her about the wonderful
lover she had and how he could make love all night long, satisfying
all of Madeline’s needs. Once Madeline had even joked Phoebe could
borrow him to relieve some of the stress in her life.
    Well, Phoebe had certainly taken Madeline up
on that offer. Her stomach rumbled in displeasure and she knew the
only reason she was sick to her stomach was not because she had a
very wonderful night with Jacoby Knight. The truth was that Phoebe
couldn’t believe she had slept with Madeline’s lover and the worst
part was she wanted to do it again.
    Covering her mouth to avoid a mess, Phoebe
rushed to the bathroom again before she let it out on the
floor.
     

Chapter 12
     
    Arriving into work extra early, Phoebe was
able to get a lot of paperwork done. Simon arrived at his usual
time and she went straight into his office to speak with him
privately. With a serious nature about her, she immediately got to
the point.
    “ I know you’re the town
crier about the office, but I would appreciate you keeping that
little incident that happened yesterday to yourself.”
    Simon nodded. “I won’t if you tell me all the
details. Did he really offer money to you for sex?”
    Her eyes narrowed. They had been listening at
the door. “Yes, and you know the debt I’m in. How could I refuse
almost three thousand dollars?”
    “ Hell with that kind of
loot, he could have had all the women in Cass corridor.”
    “ Well we did do it twice,”
she admitted.
    Simon gasped.
    “ But I didn’t accept it al.
Not even half because my conscious was bothering me about even
accepting anything.” Phoebe continued offhandedly. “He wanted to do
it again, but it was four in the morning. I couldn’t be away from
the twins another moment.”
    “ Damn girl. You could have
paid off yours and mine if you had stayed there any longer and
gotten every dime from him.”
    She chuckled a bit relaxed now that she had
someone to share the moment with. “It was great Simon, but it won’t
happen again, especially now that I know who he really is.”
    “ But you said it was great.
Don’t you want it again?”
    “ Yes, but I don’t want to
get emotionally involved. I don’t want to get hurt like I did with
Daniel,” she said.
    Simon smacked his lips. “He’s not Daniel,
Phoebe.”
    “ Yeah, I know, but he makes
me feel too much and I can’t handle that. I can’t be in control
when he’s around. You saw me yesterday. I looked like a scared deer
in the headlights when I saw him.”
    “ It could have been just
shocked.”
    “ No Simon. I lose myself to
him. He’s just that good and it’s not just his lovemaking I’m
attracted to. It’s just something about him draws me