The VIRGIN STRIPPER

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****Lisa Michaels ****
Dave laughed and shook his head.

Okay, not the answer then.

He had invited me to have dinner with him after I was done with my classes and I had agreed since Cole was out with his friends and Ella had a date with a guy from her campus.

"I really don't know," I admitted after my second fail.

"It was a rat," he answered casually and I just stared at him weirdly.

"I will not say anything against the animal." I said and he laughed again, taking a sip of his wine.

"You dont like them," he said confidently as if he knew me so well.

"I never had a chance to have a pet so, animals are not really my fort."

"You had a boring childhood," he commented again and I shook my head slowly.

"Far from it, Ray and I had the best childhood ever."

"You have a brother?" He asked me incredulously and I shook my head again.

"No, he isn't my brother." I explained and I felt a little bit sad now that I remembered him, "with climbing trees and playing pranks on my mom, the least my childhood would be was boring. He always had my back," I told him.

Dave shifted a little in his seat and eyed the elegant menu in front of him before he gave me a small smile.

"What about your dad?" He asked after a moment.

"Well," what about him really? I never got to know my real dad because my mom never wanted to talk about him and as for my step dad, he died just as I had started getting used to the idea of having him around. "I never had a chance to know him but my step dad was a good guy. He died when I was ten. Barely knew him well and a year later Ray just up and left. I wish I had a control over the people I loved back then."

"Why did he leave?" Dave asked a little too curiously and I played with my lips for a second before answering him.

"Ray always wanted to have things his way and if travelling the world wasn't enough then it was travelling the world with a few firearms in his hands. He joined the military without telling anyone till he saw that he was shortlisted. After that he pushed everyone away and focused on nothing but getting ready to head off to training. I haven't seen him in a few years." I explained and took a bite of the food in my plate.

Dave played with the piece of chicken he'd cut before he spoke.

"Do you guys talk?"

"Once in a while. He sends me letters and sometimes sends his friends to check up on me when they are back home to meet their family and friends. He doesn't come home though." Talking about Ray made me feel really sad. On one hand, I had learned to accept the fact that he was happy with what he chose and that was all that mattered but on the other hand I felt really bothered by the fact that he had chose a life away from me after everything we had been through.

I was living on memories of what we used to be and I somehow dreaded the day he would come back, if he ever did. I didn't know where we stood, the letters he send were warm enough, or maybe that's how they sounded to me and his friends were warm to me but until now, I wasn't sure if the connection we had would still be there or long gone.

"Are you at least worried about him?" Dave asked and I frowned at the thought of never worrying about him I did it all the time that it sounded implausible to think of a time and I day that the worry would go away.