Chapter 97 She's Truly In Love

Somehow, during the course of weighing her options, she bypassed BJ’s, crossed West Avenue, and worked her way along Morato Street. Without really thinking things through, she found herself parked in front of Tommy’s house. Apparently, some appetites trumped others.

Would it be so wrong to indulge the craving? Be like Stacy for once, take what she wanted, and get on with her life. She couldn’t afford more. That much she knew. Allowing herself to fall for Tommy threatened to turn her from a determined, goal-oriented woman to a clinging basket case, completely dependent on him for her happiness and sense of fulfillment.

Annabelle’s usual approach to physical intimacy represented her only viable option aside from abstinence. Comparing twenty-three years of abstinence to a couple of nights with Tommy, she could say with utter certainty, abstinence sucked.

Lights shone through the windows facing the street, making it easy to see his Land Cruiser in the driveway. While she sat there, debati