He could hear her rustling around the kitchen before she answered, ‘We could use cereal, Bisquick and eggs.’ After they hung up, she laughed at h...rself. She couldn’t believe how happy she was living with Reid. Sure, she hadn’t spoken to her brother in more than two months, but otherwise things were good. She’d fallen into a good groove with Taylor, allowing her friend more time in the shop while she and Joanne held down the fort. She found she had a knack for selling jewelry. Not that it was. I… was just trying to protect you. I know you are angry… I know I messed up… But you have to believe I was trying to protect you…’ ‘Your saying that leaving me behind… all alone, the way you did… was in my best interest?! It was best for me to go on every day thinking that you hated me? That I had done something wrong? That is was right for me to go to bed every night wondering if you were dead? Well, it didn’t help me any. They still came for me.’ ‘I know.’ His reply was simple. He looked away. At practice that week, all of the receivers kept putting the bug in Coach Cullen’s ear. We made sure he knew, we didn’t want Josh out until the record fell, no matter what. By Friday, he had heard enough, he called us together as a group and laid into us, although I know it was more for show than anything.The tension was overwhelming in the locker room before our second to last game. Although Josh had all season long, down played the record to everyone including the press, I knew how bad he. "When you get home, there will be a package on the bed, waiting for you. Wear what is in it, and wait by my chair for me at 6:15. And no playing, I have plans for that pussy. I love you, my petal."My intrigue was piqued; I was wondering what he was up to. I walked in the door, dropped my bag and the keys on the entry table, and almost ran to the bedroom, my grin getting wider as I saw the purple box with a silver bow on it, with another note..."ALL of it, my girl."A shiver went through my body,.