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Saved by the bell. At the same time the microwave beeped signaling the food was done. Getting up, she retrieved her cell, giggling when she saw who was calling.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Hello, can you not see I’m offline right now?” Maiya smiled and moved to the microwave.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re never offline. You’ve said it a million times. ‘I’m always reachable.’ In fact, if I had a dollar for every time you made sure everyone knew you were available, I’d be a rich man.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EShe smirked. Those may have been her words, but his voice sure didn’t sound anything like hers. His was smooth, and creamy. Like hot chocolate sliding down her throat, settling warm in her tummy.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EMmmm.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E“You don’t sound anything like me, you know? But points for trying.” She pulled the cellophane wrap off the dinner plate and grabbed a fork and napkin. “Is there a point to this call or are you just calling to annoy me?”\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Annoy you? Maiya, I’m hurt. I don’t try to annoy you. Frustrate or tease maybe, but definitely not annoy you.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re so full of shit. What do you want? I’m busy.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“And now you insult me? Thanks. See if I call you for help next time.” Ryan let out an exaggerated sigh.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Oh come on. You’re really laying it on thick now. What do you need, Mr. Donnelly? I’m at your service.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe chuckled. “Nice. I love it when you’re at my service. Makes things go so much smoother.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Emmie, is that ready yet?” her mother hollered from the living room, not five feet away.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Hang on, I’m coming.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Okay. Wait. Coming?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“No. Shit. Not you. Just...give me a minute okay, Ryan?” Maiya scooped up the dish and utensil in one hand and brought them out to the living room.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Oookay. Sure.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Here you go.” Maiya set the plate down on the worn TV tray that’d become a permanent fixture too long ago to remember and moved it in front of her mom’s chair.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Who’re you talking to?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Its work. I’ll be right back.” Maiya grabbed her own smokes from her purse and stepped outside the door. Sitting down on the concrete steps, she lit a cigarette. “Nowwww, I’m all yours. What do you need?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Shoot, you really are busy. It can wait. I’ll talk to you about it tomorrow.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Hell no. You’ve got my attention now. Lay it on me. Blow my skirt up. Make a move.” When he didn’t answer she knew she’d stumped him again.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAnother point for me today!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“I never know what you’re going to say next.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Good. Keeps you guessing.” She took a drag and exhaled the remains.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“I think you like me guessing.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Maybe.” Maiya looked up at the door when she heard her mother calling her name again.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EDammit.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;She didn’t want to cut this short, but it was looking like her mother wasn’t going to let her have a freaking half a second to herself.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You don’t strike me as a woman who wears skirts.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Huh? Where’d that come from? And what the hell would make you think I don’t wear skirts?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You said, ‘blow your skirt up.’ I figure you probably wouldn’t make it that easy.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe door opened. And, yep, Joanie came calling. “Emmie, I need you in here.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EMaiya gritted her teeth and glared up at her mother. “I’ll be right there.” The door slammed closed, and Maiya blew out a harsh breath. For fuck’s sake, the woman had no concept of life outside of what she wanted.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Hey, it really does sound like you have your hands full. I’ll call you tomorrow. No big deal.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EShit, his voice had gone all deep and soft, and a ripple of desire spilled through her, extinguishing her agitation, before pooling straight between her legs. She swallowed. Hell, she’d give anything to keep him on the phone now, even with her mother breathing down her neck. “You sure?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Yeah, I’m sure. Have a good night, Maiya.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“All right. Take care. Talk tomorrow.” She listened as the call disconnected. Sweet, baby Jesus her hands were shaking.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EMaiya looked down at the forgotten cigarette pinched between two fingers, half burnt away. She’d taken only one drag. Stubbing it out in the coffee can on the stoop, she went back inside.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/feeds\/2870651968731986869\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-3.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/2870651968731986869"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/2870651968731986869"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-3.html","title":"Unworthy Heart Deleted Scene #3"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Samantha"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04144654338181548330"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/GeMBJ8z-A8gJYkzx5tE-3S7TkTvroHHEgCEw\/s72-c\/uhcover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774072982696016739.post-4413967700085790363"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-11T19:04:00.003-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-11T19:04:23.202-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Deleted Scenes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Unworthy Heart Deleted Scene #2"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/GeMBJ8z-A8gJYkzx5tE-3S7TkTvroHHEgCEw\/s1600\/uhcover.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/GeMBJ8z-A8gJYkzx5tE-3S7TkTvroHHEgCEw\/s400\/uhcover.jpg\" width=\"266\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ETwo days later, Ryan, arched his back and stretched, popping his spine at the kitchen table after disconnecting from the seven a.m. weekly status call. Maiya had been on the line; her voice low and raspy like it always was in the morning. The tone vibrating through the headset made his skin tighten and prickle into goose bumps. She always sounded like she’d barely rolled out of bed and then dialed in to the call. She probably had. He could tell she wasn’t a morning person—where he was up, showered and dressed for the meeting each week. By the time the call started, he’d already had two cups of coffee, ready to head into the office when it ended.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EAbout to shut down his laptop, an instant message popped on his screen.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EMaiya Rossini:\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Hey you, you’re in trouble. ;- )\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ERyan Donnelly:\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;When am I not?\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EMaiya Rossini:\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Very true. Can I call?\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ERyan Donnelly:\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Cell.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe waited for it to ring twice before answering. “Ryan Donnelly.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Killing me here.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Feigning innocence, he chuckled to himself, knowing it would keep her talking.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re driving my analyst crazy, that’s what. And don’t give me that innocent tone.” She snorted.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E“Seriously, you went over Chris’s head, Ryan. You know you can’t do that shit. It makes the whole team look bad. Besides that, he’s been busting his ass for you, so you totally offended him.”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003EBingo.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EMaiya’s unfiltered rebellious nature popped out, front and center via curse words. This was his favorite part of their play.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E“We need to work as a team, you know?” She cleared her throat.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Oh come on, you can’t be serious?” Ryan leaned back, stretching his legs out in front of him, her raspy voice rolling over and through him like a high fever as they fell into familiar banter.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Completely. Totally. Incredibly...serious.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Okay, okay. What do you want me to do?”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“I would like you to apologize.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs usual, she got straight to the point. No surprise there. “Don’t hold back much, do you?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Oh, please. As if you do?” She laughed.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Okay, you win. I’ll apologize.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Wow, I had no idea you’d be so easy! Do it today, pretty please?”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Easy? I wouldn’t go that far, but I’ll make an exception for you just this once.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESuch\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;a charmer.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EHer sarcastic response had him chuckling. “I’m a pro at being charming. Easy? That’s a whole different story.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ERiiighhht\u003C\/i\u003E. By the way, I’m coming into the office next week.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“I heard. I’m looking forward to meeting you in person.” Ryan shifted the phone to his other ear and shut down his laptop. Their work relationship, especially as of late, teetered on a fine line between appropriate business discussion and flirtatious innuendo. It’d become an addicting habit for him—one he’d be wise to put a stop to. Regardless of his, so far, failed intentions to keep things on a professional level with her, he\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Ewas\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;looking forward to meeting her in person.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Definitely. There’s a team function planned. We can have a drink or...something.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EWas that subtle bait hanging out there for him? Oh, yeah, he’d bite. “Sure or…something.” He paused before packing his laptop in his bag, anticipating her response.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Hmm. Alrighty then. I’ll let you go so you can handle the mess you made. I’ll talk to you later.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EIt wasn’t the response he was hoping to get from her, but it served to bring his thoughts back to where they needed to be. The marketing campaign he’d been assigned was the biggest one of the year. There was an opening for an Associate Director of Projects and he had his eye on it. Ryan hoped the success of the project would lead to landing the promotion.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Talk soon, Maiya.” He disconnected the call, grabbed his bag and headed toward the garage. The last thing he needed was to screw up his opportunity by getting involved in a personal way with Maiya.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe problem was, Maiya Rossini was a challenge and Ryan loved a good challenge. However, it didn’t escape him that she was also trouble. The other problem was, he\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Eliked\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;talking to her, enjoyed flirting with her too, but it had to end there\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EPlaying this game with her could prove disastrous, but when it came to Maiya, he wasn’t sure he could help himself.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/feeds\/4413967700085790363\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/4413967700085790363"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/4413967700085790363"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-2.html","title":"Unworthy Heart Deleted Scene #2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Samantha"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04144654338181548330"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/GeMBJ8z-A8gJYkzx5tE-3S7TkTvroHHEgCEw\/s72-c\/uhcover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774072982696016739.post-7309186668694143818"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-11T19:03:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-11T19:03:16.921-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Deleted Scenes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Unworthy Heart Deleted Scene #1 "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/5Dn8HNnTfAgMIijazKXfCiKJO7jCDGAmQCLcB\/s1600\/uhcover.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/5Dn8HNnTfAgMIijazKXfCiKJO7jCDGAmQCLcB\/s400\/uhcover.jpg\" width=\"266\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Are you crazy, Ryan? We can’t do that. You know each team is responsible for their individual piece of the project.” Maiya Rossini sat at her desk in her home office listening—or cutting off rather—Ryan Donnelly as he lay out his latest and greatest for solving the newest roadblock on the marketing project he managed for their company. A campaign her team had a large stake in.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EPropping her elbow on her desk, Maiya rested her head in her hand, tapping her pen on her notepad with the other. “The better approach is to hold them accountable and make sure they complete the layout validation\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Ethemselves\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;like\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Ethey’re\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;supposed to do.” There. That sounded professional and matter of fact.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“They haven’t gotten to it yet. Why can’t we just test it ourselves? Then it’ll be done and we can move forward. Listen, I have this all figured out.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“No, no way. Besides, that’s not how we do things. Look, I know you’re frustrated, and I appreciate your…” She searched for the right word. “Dedication, but…” Maiya blew out an exasperated breath at a complete loss of what else to say.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EThey’d had this same conversation—or variation of it so many times in the last few weeks it bordered on ridiculous. The man needled every patient bone in her body, and although she could appreciate his drive to succeed, she needed to rein him in.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“It’s simple, we just...” Ryan continued, oblivious to her words.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ETossing the pencil aside, she leaned back in the chair, and propped her feet on the edge of her messy desk. She gazed up and mentally traced little shapes in the textured ceiling, half listening as he babbled on and on. Every so often she’d interject the ever important, “Uh huh’s” and “Mm hmm’s,” adding an eye roll here and there, which of course, he couldn’t see. She really should think about repainting the ceiling.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re not even listening to me are you?”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Huh? Oh, of course I am.” She dropped her feet to the floor. “I think you’re jumping the gun is all, and you’ll probably screw it up, but... you do what you feel is right. You\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Eare\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;the lead project manager after all.” She rolled her eyes.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Why am I not surprised you don’t agree with me?” He let out a sigh and her skin tingled.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Sorry.” She shrugged. “I really think you need to just realize I’m right and do what I say. The sooner you do that, the easier things will get.” Maiya raised her brows, and pursed her lips, eager to hear his response. She knew full well her playful arrogance would annoy him. A beat of silence hung on the line before he finally spoke again.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Black.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“What?”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe chuckled. “Now you say, white.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“What. Ever. Are you saying I’m being difficult on purpose? You know, no need to answer that question. It’s okay, I know your sensitive male ego just can’t take being wrong so often In fact, admitting I’m right might just be the death of you.”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EA half groan, half growl sounded in her ear from the other end of the line. Damn, he sounded so yummy when he made that noise.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd there it was. Again! The little warm knot she felt in her stomach each time their conversations strayed from serious work topics to laughter, and something akin to flirtation hidden beneath sarcastic teasing sparked to life. Never mind how sexy his voice sounded over the phone. It made every inch of her skin get tight.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re getting an answer. You ready? Yeah, you love being difficult for no reason. I think your middle name is difficult. It is, isn’t it? Maiya ‘Difficult’ Rossini. I know it.” He laughed. “Look, either way, I need your team’s help if I’m going to pull this off.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Ooh, you’re so lucky I’m going to let those zingers slide... for now. And FYI, you already have my team’s cooperation, Ryan. You have one of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Emy\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;best analysts on this project. What you’re proposing is to do everyone’s job for them. Control freak much?” She snorted.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Low blow. I’m not a control freak. I’m simply saying— Wait, did you just snort?”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Of course I did.” She spun in a circle in her chair, wearing a grin the size of her couch.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe burst out laughing. “You kill me, Maiya.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Not dead, yet, Ryan. Guess I need to step up my game.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“Bring it. I don’t think you have it in you.”\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E“A challenge, huh? You’ll lose if I really turn up the heat.” Speaking of heat, she’d gone warm all over. And again, dead silence on the other end of the line. She guessed she won this round.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EPoint for me.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;Maiya cleared her throat and leveled her tone in an attempt to sound more serious and get the conversation back on track. “Anyway, let me know what you decide to do.”\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ETheir teasing banter came too easy between them now, and Maiya was trying her best—sort of, but not really—to avoid it. And lately ruffling his feathers had become a game she enjoyed a little too much.\u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E“Okay, okay. I’ll get back to you. Talk soon.” He hung up.\u003Co:p style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EShaking her head, she placed her wireless headset on its cradle, scooped up her cell and walked to her backyard. \u0026nbsp;Maiya plopped down in one of the cherry red, cushioned Adirondack chairs on her patio, stretched out her legs on the ottoman and lit a cigarette.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;“That man is a pain in my ass.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/feeds\/7309186668694143818\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-1.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/7309186668694143818"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2774072982696016739\/posts\/default\/7309186668694143818"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.dorothyfshaw.com\/2016\/09\/unworthy-heart-deleted-scene-1.html","title":"Unworthy Heart Deleted Scene #1 "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Samantha"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04144654338181548330"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QdkhJ-AbXPQ\/V9YM26dLdhI\/AAAAAAAADjE\/5Dn8HNnTfAgMIijazKXfCiKJO7jCDGAmQCLcB\/s72-c\/uhcover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});