Chapter Thirteen
Love Burns
I sailed into the next few months on air, floating dazedly through my life, learning to love a man who could cause me brilliant pain, who cared even when he got pissed at me, and who could give me love even when I was not so loveable.
I have no idea why he loved me. It made little sense, but I took advantage of him in every way I could.
We dated like people are supposed to date, going out on Fridays, having lunch midweek, and sometimes sleeping over Saturday night. Though sleeping over didn’t happen for six uneasy weeks.
Tony was good to his word… he’d never lie. We wouldn’t have s*x until we knew it was right, and I spent our first six weeks doing my damnedest to earn the right to have his c**k. My p***y was praying and so was I. I talked; I listened; I to
