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The Numbers




โ€œI wonโ€™t leave without you!โ€ His knuckles stung as he spoke. โ€œCome with me and Iโ€™ll keep you safe, Jenny.โ€ Being an orphan, Jeff Cassel never had a home to call his own. His life seemed bleak until Jenny Stark. After his eighteenth birthday, he moved to the small town of Damper, TX and took a job as a mechanic. Dallas was busy and overwhelming to his curse, which he called, โ€œThe Numbers.โ€ Jeff had an ability to see everyoneโ€™s lies as a glowing number that hovered above their heads. Countless times, he witnessed the number rise as they told lies to his face, yet they never lowered.

Jenny was different. She was the first person heโ€™d ever met without a number and the first girl heโ€™d fallen for. He didnโ€™t know why she didnโ€™t have a number or why she wanted him. He wasnโ€™t the kindest to her when they had met. He wasnโ€™t the best with people in general. He spoke his mind and often called people out on their lies, but Jenny was different.

โ€œI canโ€™t!โ€ Jennyโ€™s forehead furrowed. It didnโ€™t fit her sweet face. โ€œHe needs me!โ€ Her fatherโ€™s number was a bright red flame and the highest Jeff had seen in a while, at 899,471. He must be cunning.

Jeff thought to himself.

โ€œHe is a drunk, Jen. He canโ€™t even help himself.โ€ He hated saying it, but he had to. Jennyโ€™s pained expression didnโ€™t change as she looked over at her father on the kitchen floor. Heโ€™d blown up the minute he found Jenny and Jeff together. Jeffโ€™s left hook had stopped her fatherโ€™s second blow and she was grateful, but her father needed her.

She looked back at Jeff with her baby blue eyes. โ€œI canโ€™t. What if he hurts himself, forgets to pay the electric bill, or burns the house down when he tries to cook for himself. Itโ€™ll be my fault.โ€

โ€œWhat if he hits you again? What if he kills you?โ€ He grabbed her face with his hands, gently rubbed her blonde hair away from the developing bruise of her right cheek. Her baby blues, the curve of her small nose, and the soft pink of her lips stirred him. โ€œI canโ€™t live knowing he will hurt you. I wonโ€™t let him.โ€ I love you

. He wanted to say, but the groan from her father stopped him.

โ€œYou should go. My dad will kill you when he wakes.โ€ Her voice was a shaky whisper as she tried to push Jeff to the back door. โ€œJust give me a couple of days.โ€ Jenny held his hands. It pained him as he turned and rushed out the door into the night.

He cursed himself the moment he stepped out. He wanted to save her and give her a life she deserved. He stopped, not far from her house and stood listening under the stars. He didnโ€™t trust her father. It only took a moment after her screams that he turned and ran back into her house.


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Publication Date: 10-02-2011

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