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wife.”
    “Shut up Martin!” Aaron said with annoyance, and moved away from him.
    Wife and marriage. No, Aaron thought. Those things were not for him. Martin Holland was his best friend since grade school and no one knew him better. They both attended the same college and as fate would have it both got drafted for the Atlanta Buteo’s pro football team. But Martin was wrong about the statement he made. He stood by Martin when he and Tia went through troubled times, for he knew Martin loved Tia more than his own life. Martin was there when those dark times came to him about his biological father, whom he despised when he witnessed him as abusing his mother. However he did have a stepfather. A man he loved and who loved him and his mother deeply. Trevet Harrison was the only father he wanted to know. He was young when his biological father abduct him and his mother. He had to watch as he beat his mother, something he would never forget. Every so often something would trigger the nightmare, causing a rage to build in him. He could not trust himself with a wife. What if he were like his father? Therefore, marriage was out of the question. It was true he loved the ladies making it clear that they understood his position before venturing in to an affair. If he did decide to settle down, it would only be with the stipulation that he would have a love like his stepfather and mother. In his heart of hearts, he knew he would never find that type of love, it didn’t exist for him.
    Martin laughed loudly. Asia and Tia looked over at them, then at each other.
    “I forgot I have to get a bed.” Asia told Tianna alarmed.
    “Come on lets go now, it’s still early.” Tia said excited.
    “I don’t have much money, Tia; I could get a bed from the goodwill or secondhand shop.” Asia said quietly.
    “Let’s go look anyway.”
    Agreeing Asia and the three of them went to Tia’s favorite furniture store. Asia looked at Tia strangely, when they pulled in front of a fine furniture store. Aaron followed in his car. As he pulled up beside them, he wondered what in the hell was he doing. He didn’t want to leave Asia. Why? True she was the most beautiful woman he had met, and he has had many, yet none affected him as she did. This was not good. He decided. He should just pull back out and be on his way.
    “Come Aaron, if you’re coming,” Martin called out.
    Aaron exhaled a breath. “You are in control,” he muttered getting out of the car.
    “I can’t afford anything in here Tia,” Asia whispered, slightly embarrassed.
    “Just look.” Tianna insisted smiling.
    Inside the store, Asia roamed, admiring many pieces of furniture. She stopped to looking at a contemporary styled crème colored overstuffed loveseat with lots of pillow. She really liked it. How she wish she could afford to buy furniture from this elegant store. She lifted the sales ticket, her eyes widened. Three thousand dollars. She gasped, dropping the tag as if it burnt her. She could never afford that, even if she worked a months worth of overtime she still afford the loveseat.
    Aaron watched as Asia moved from one piece of furnishing to another. He couldn’t bring himself to take his eyes off her. He could not remember ever being so absorbed in one woman. He continued to watch as she moved from piece of furniture to the other and grimacing each time she looked at a price tag.
    Aaron shook his head. Here he was walking around a furniture store with his friends, just so he could be near Asia. He thought of her all night, trying to figure out why this woman intrigued him so much. Hell, she wasn’t even his type. Still he watched Asia with acute fascination, wondering why she affected him. Tia was right. She wasn’t his type. He preferred the tall slender and glamorous model type, didn’t he? Asia was of medium height, curvy in all the right places, naturally pretty, not made up or mannequin like. Even in the baggie t-shirt that covered her jeans, she still had