"He sends a nurse over now!  He hates me!"  Karen sobbed to Janet. 

"Girl stop crying and step your game up!"  Janet said rolling her eyes and handing Karen a few Kleenex tissues.  "Robert is a jerk and will remain so for the rest of his life.  That girl will have what's coming to her.   You will have to learn to stop throwing yourself at him.  Jesus girl, have you learned nothing from me?"  Janet sighed as the last drop of patience escaped her.  "Black men don't like to just have a woman.  Make him chase you.  Be alluring, and adjust your closet.   The things you wear sometimes remind me of Mom."  

 "What am I suppose to do?  If I don't constantly keep myself in the loop he will forget me.  You don't know Robert like I do.  He doesn't give a damn.  Not hearing from me is a 'out of sight out of mind', thing. "

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"I'm not saying be cold Robert!  All I'm saying is for the last few weeks all we've been getting from her is these false alarms.  She's wasted our time over and over again.  Catch a clue!"

"Look, you're the one that told me to be more sensitive to her needs!  You're the one that said 'sex without a condom, holds me responsible until a test proves otherwise.  This is the consequence Nancy!"

"Whatever, continue being her pawn.  I refuse to allow her to turn me into a toy."   Nancy threw herself back on king size bed in Robert's room.  She adjusted the pillows roughly and turned on her side.  Before she closed her eyes she looked at the time.  "It's 3 am Robert.  Everytime you leave at this time you risk your life, nothing but racist cops and drunks out at this time in the morning."  She added as a punctuation to the conversation.  Robert had to smile at her thought process.  He dragged on his jacket and kissed her on the cheek. 

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Robert and Nancy made their way up Karen’s walkway.  “There are no lights on.  You think she’s in bed?”  Nancy observed.

“Well she’s not known for going to bed so early it’s not even ten yet.”

“Well she’s pregnant Robert; her energy levels are not the same.” 

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“Hello Nancy.   How have you been?”  Karen said as she took her uninvited seat.  Nancy stared at her as if she lost her mind.

“What are you doing here; shouldn’t you be out aggravating some other employer?”

“Oh Nancy why can’t we let the past be the past?”
“That was just last week Karen.”  Nancy said wondering what she up to now.  “What is it that you want?”

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Nancy sat at her desk at the office Monday morning.  She went over Robert’s schedule for the week several times, but still found conflicts.  She couldn’t concentrate; her mind was overrun with the drama during the week.  She was on her third week and already felt she needed a vacation.  “I shouldn’t have slept with him, I’m so dumb.”  She said as she dropped her head on the desk. 

“You’re kind of hard on yourself.”  Darren said from her office door. 

“How long were you standing there?”  Nancy said as she gathered her paperwork and gestured to Darren to have a seat.  She watched as he took the seat, he was dressed in an all black suit.  “Where are you on your way to?” 

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Robert sat in his home office listening to Jazz in the dark.  He sipped Hennessy slowly from his glass as he allowed the music to envelope him.  Nancy didn't make eye contact with him all day at the office and he didn't try to make conversation.  He messed up big time; only time could fix that.  He even thought the two new Mac Laptops he bought her to replace her other laptop would at least get a smile.  He only received a whispered "Thank You" as she placed his appointments on the desk.  He tried to get her to leave the office with him, but she made up an excuse and walked out before he can counter it.   Robert sighed and emptied his glass and poured himself another.  He then thought it was best to call Darren and apologize for night before.  He had no choice but to accept it.  Just as Robert grabbed the phone it rang.  "Hello?"

"Hey baby, you still mad at me?"

"Karen, what do you want?"  Robert asked with annoyance as he realized who it was. 

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Nancy returned to the office Monday morning not knowing what to expect.  She hadn't heard from Karen since Sunday morning and it left her nervous.   She walked making sure to hold her head up just in case Karen already made her a topic at the water fountain.  Surprisingly as she passed Karen's desk she noticed she wasn't there.  Nancy walked into her office and placed her bags on the couch.  She grabbed the bag of CDs that she received at the mall for Robert and her portfolio and headed to Robert's office.  "Come in!"  Robert yelled in response to Nancy's knock at the door.  Nancy walked in to see Karen standing over Robert massaging his shoulders.  Nancy's stomach tightened, but she held her composure.

"Am I interrupting anything?"  Nancy asked as she kept her hand on the doorknob.

"No you weren't! Karen was just leaving."  Robert said as he sat up and straightened his tie.  Karen sauntered pass Nancy with a smirk on her face.

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Nancy returned to the table and noticed the silence.  "It's not nice to talk about people when they're gone."  Nancy said as she poured herself a glass of orange juice.

"What are your plans for today Nancy?"  Robert asked as he wiped grape jelly from the corner of his mouth. 

"Well I have to go home, because I need to feed my cat..."

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