Chapter Nine: Final Dance of Passion
Jill set up the basement for her first lesson with Max. She didn’t want the music to disturb Mama. But she also didn’t want Mama poking her nose into their dancing when the contact got a little intimate. Keeping her eyes wide open was a challenge after her night of near sleeplessness. But the bigger challenge was erasing from her mind the brief dream she had. Having to decide between Charlie’s offer and waiting for Trevor’s return seemed like an unfair choice. But even at nineteen, Jill had come to understand how unfair love could be. She sat in the basement staring at herself in the mirror, wondering what to do. Then a voice intruded from upstairs.
“Jill, Honey! Your dance student is here!”
Jill snapped to attention, fixing her face into a polite sm
