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haven't been living right in awhile." I giggled.
    "God knows your heart." He chuckled. "And he honors your struggle."
    "So, you're a Christian."
    "Yes, and like you I struggle everyday to do the right thing. It's not easy."
    "People sure don't make it easy. Sometimes you have to just cuss a bitch out." I mumbled beneath my breath, but of course he heard me."
    "So, I guess I jinxed you with that song." He pried.
    "Not really. He was never my man and my heart wasn't even in it."
    "Just sex, huh?"
    "Yes, mind boggling, back cracking, and knee buckling sex."
    "You know that comes with love sometimes, right?"
    "Yeah I heard that. I just haven't encountered it." I sarcastically responded.
    "You should try it. Love makes the sex ten times better."
    "Really, are you speaking from experience or reciting something you heard?" I challenged.
    "I'm speaking from experience and talking about something I've heard."
    "Well, I'm a black woman if you haven't noticed. And apparently, there's just not enough single men and good love to go around. I'm sorry Logic, but I’m a realist. I don't like to pretend or play make believe. So I've just learned to keep a tight rein on my emotions and avoid chasing fairy tales, unicorns, rainbows and Santa's flying reindeer."
    "That's probably what flew in front of your truck." Logic laughed.
    "You're probably right." I snickered. "So what about you? What’s your story?"
    "What do you want to know?"
    "It's Christmas Eve; you're here in Nowhere Special, West Virginia trying to come down my chimney."
    "Ho, ho, ho!" He joked as he did his Ghetto Santa impersonation. "You got me there little girl."
    I laughed. "You believe so strongly in love. Yet you ask me to play one of the saddest songs ever written. So, who is she and what did she do?"
    Logic sighs. "I had almost forgotten about that bullshit."
    "Sorry to reopen festering wounds, but inquiring minds want to know what happened.”
    He hesitated briefly before pulling a small ring box out of his jacket pocket. He slowly pushed the ring over to my side of the table. "See for yourself."
    I took the Tiffany ring box and slowly peeped in. A stunning five carat pink princess cut stone surrounded by two carats of white diamonds almost blinded me."DAMN!" I thought to myself. "Somebody fucked up big."
    Continuing to play it cool and controlled I shook my head no and announced. "It's too much... It's too soon. We just met. I hardly know you. What will I tell my parents? Okay well if you insist. Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!"
    Logic laughed as I admired the beautiful engagement ring. "You're right. It is a little too soon. So you probably should tell your parents that you just loss your damn mind."
    "I know I shouldn't ask but I'm a girl and I just have to." Can I pretty please just try it on? I'll give it right back I promise." I begged, dying to see how a ring like this would look on my finger.
    "Sure, go ahead. I trust you."
    I carefully tried to remove the flawless diamond ring from the Tiffany Jewelry Store box. It was obviously extremely expensive. My hands were trembling in anticipation. I couldn’t stop them from shaking.
    "Here let me help you with that." Logic said as he took the ring from the box and gingerly placed it on my ring finger. "Wow, imagine that. It's a perfect fit." He sighed as his eyes engaged mine for an uncomfortably long time.
    I looked down at the ring and back at him, repeatedly. Finally, as if by magic we instantly connected. For the first time that night I felt what he had known all along. This was no mere chance meeting. This was the beginning of something new and unexpected.

Chapter 4
     
    "So Logic, what's a girl got to do to get a ring like this?" I teased.
    "Love me. Forsake all other men for me. And..." He hesitated as he shook an unthinkable memory from his head.
    "And what?" I asked intrigued.
    "And promise me you'll never sleep with my best friend."
    "What? Oh my God! Your girlfriend slept with your best friend?"
    "Yes she