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Chapters (58)
  1. Full Page Image
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Important Note:
  5. ~ Ground Zero ~
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. ~ Absolutely ~
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. ~ Someone To Feed It ~
  17. Chapter Ten
  18. Chapter Eleven
  19. Chapter Twelve
  20. Chapter Thirteen
  21. Chapter Fourteen
  22. Chapter Fifteen
  23. ~ I’ve Got You Now ~
  24. Chapter Sixteen
  25. Chapter Seventeen
  26. Chapter Eighteen
  27. Chapter Nineteen
  28. Chapter Twenty
  29. Chapter Twenty-One
  30. Chapter Twenty-Two
  31. ~ Him ~
  32. Chapter Twenty-Three
  33. Chapter Twenty-Four
  34. Chapter Twenty-Five
  35. Chapter Twenty-Six
  36. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  37. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  38. ~ As I Fall ~
  39. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  40. Chapter Thirty
  41. Chapter Thirty-One
  42. Chapter Thirty-Two
  43. Chapter Thirty-Three
  44. Chapter Thirty-Four
  45. Chapter Thirty-Five
  46. Chapter Thirty-Six
  47. ~ The Luckiest Girl In The World ~
  48. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  49. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  50. Two Months Later
  51. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  52. Chapter Forty
  53. Chapter Forty-One
  54. Chapter Forty-Two
  55. Six Months Later
  56. Chapter Forty-Three
  57. Acknowledgments
  58. Also by WS Greer

I wake with a start, and although I’m bug-eyed and confused at first, I manage to find relief when I realize the alarm on my phone is what woke me this morning. I sit up in bed and look down to find the spot next to me empty once again, and I know I don't have the luxury of wasting time wondering where Nas is, so I jump up and find my clothes folded and stacked neatly on the floor in front of the Saint Andrew’s Cross, like a reminder from Nas of what we did there last night. Glancing at my clock, I see that I have more time than I did the last morning I woke up here. Apparently, my brain gave its last energy cells to making sure I wouldn't have to rush this morning before sending me crashing to sleep, and there’s comfort in knowing I can take my time. In fact, I’ve given myself just enough time to shower before I have to leave. After the sweating and coming Nas and I did last night, I’m in desperate need of washing my body off. So, I throw on my shirt and grab my phone before starting my journey up the stairs.

As I climb the steps, I come up with a plan to make sure I can both get clean and still wear new clothes to work today. All I have to do is hit up Juliana and have her run by my apartment to grab something quick and easy for me to put on. She has a key, and can use it to yank something fresh and clean from the hangers in my closet so I can swap attire in the parking lot of DNJ. It seems easy enough, and as I reach the top of the stairs, Juliana answers after the phone rings just once.

“Well, if it isn’t Delaware’s most common whore,” she says, instead of the standard hello, and I roll my eyes all the way to the back of my head.

“God, you're such a hater,” I reply. “I don't know why I even call you for anything.”

“You call me because you love me, and you know I’m only joking,” she says. I hear shuffling in the background, so I know she’s getting herself ready for work. “We don’t kink shame over here. I’m just jealous, that’s all.”

“As you should be,” I say as I walk into Nas’s kitchen and sit down on one of the black stools at the bar. “Now listen, I need a favor.”

“Of course you do.”

“Shut up. I’m still at Nas’s house and—”

“Of course you are!” Juliana chirps, cutting me off.