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KIM BALDWIN. She looked at Gable’s ref ection in the mirror as she zipped up the f y and adjusted the belt
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She looked at Gable’s ref ection in the mirror as she zipped up the f y and adjusted the belt. “So…maybe this is too personal, but…you and Tim…any…uh, did you ever go out or anything?”
The question caught Gable off guard. Why are you interested?
“Nope. Good friends, that’s all. Why?”
Erin shrugged. “Just curious.”
Why are you curious? Has to be Tim. She likes Tim. Gable felt queasy again all of a sudden. It didn’t help that Erin was stripping down to her bra and panties yet again.
She got to her feet and headed for the door of the F tting room. “It’s pretty warm in here, I’m going to stretch my legs. Take your time. I’ll meet you at the entrance to the mall.”
She escaped without waiting for a response and found a bench outside the store entrance. While Erin F nished trying on clothes, she took the time to compose herself. Her self-therapy included a pep talk. You have to get over this. You’re being ridiculous. She’s the bestprospect for a friend you’ve had in ages, and you’re going to screwthat up if you keep mooning over her like this. She’s straight. Get overit already.
She wasn’t ready to tell Erin she was gay. With her hormones so out of control at the moment, she would feel far too exposed if Erin knew. No. It took her no time at all to decide. She wouldn’t tell Erin until she got over this…this crush. That’s all it was. A crush on a straight woman. You’ve had them before. It’ll pass.
It had been a while since she’d come out to anyone. No one, in fact, since she’d moved to Michigan, not even the guys at the station.
She hadn’t felt close enough to any of them to volunteer something that personal. And she hated the idea of getting kidded about it mercilessly over their weekly poker games.
Besides, these days you’re hardly even a lesbian. You’re moreasexual than anything. You haven’t been out on a date in, what … She did the math in her head. Let’s see. I was seeing Jane back when…Ohmy God. I haven’t been on a date in four years? Oh, you really arepathetic, Gable. No wonder you’re panting after this woman.
The object of her musings appeared at that moment, exiting the store with large shopping bags in each hand and a concerned look on her face.
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FORCE OF NATURE
“You all right?” She settled on the bench beside Gable and put a hand on her back.
Gable swore she could feel the heat of Erin’s palm through her clothing. Her throat felt tight. “I’m F ne. Just seemed awful warm in there.”
“Want to quit?”
“Nope. I’m okay. Where to next?”
“Well, we can kind of work our way down the mall. Let me know when you get tired and we’ll stop for lunch. My treat.”
“Sounds good. Let’s go.”
Gable suffered through another dressing-room strip show at JC
Penney, where Erin loaded up on another armful of clothes. They dropped off their purchases at the Jeep and then spent nearly three hours in Target, F lling two carts with essential odds and ends: cleaning supplies and kitchen ware, garden hose and tools. Bandages. A f ashlight.
Clocks and rugs. Curtains, towels, sheets, and blankets. A boom box and several CDs. Telephones and an answering machine.
After a stop for lunch at China Wok, they made brief forays to several other mall stores. She thought she’d come through the worst of it, temptation-wise, until Erin paused in front of Victoria’s Secret.
“Let’s go in here. I need some new bras and panties, and they have a good selection.”
Oh Lord. Give me strength, Gable thought as they headed inside.
She tried not to look at the provocative lingerie displayed all around her.
Lacy camisoles. Push-up bras. Sheer negligees. Teddies. Thongs. She tried not to imagine how they would look on Erin. She really did. But her mind and body conspired against her. She could feel the wetness begin to pool between her legs.
“What do you think of these?” Erin held up a sexy black demi-cup bra and matching panties, made of silk.
“I think…I think…” Gable’s ability to form a coherent sentence left her and she felt light-headed. “Fine. Just F ne. I’m going to sit over here.”
She found an easy chair outside the F tting rooms and plunked down into it as Erin shrugged and continued shopping. Closing her eyes, she tried to dispel the naughty images cascading through her brain.
But she was not at all successful. So she was both relieved and mildly
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