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As Cassie entered the building, humming "All I Want for Christmas" to herself, she noticed Spencer's car sitting in one of the parking spots.

"Hmm.." she thought. It must be my lucky day!

Entering the food court area, she scanned the crowd quickly.

Suddenly, her stomach lurched. There was Spencer sitting down in the food court and sitting next to him was a beautiful brunette. They were laughing and talking, and Spencer sat close to her. The young woman hugged Spencer and held up a necklace from a small package. "It's beautiful...I love it..!!" she squealed. Spencer hugged her and gave her a peck on the cheek, smiling at the beauty.

Cassie was frozen just long enough for Spencer to see her.

"Cassie, come here... I want you.." Spencer started when
Cassie, with tears in her eyes, turned around, and walked out of the door.

As she walked back towards the house, she heard the gravel crunch behind her and the low hum of a car engine.

"Cassie, wait..!!" Spencer called as he pulled up beside her.

She continued walking. "Spencer, I need to get ready for classes. I don't have time to talk right now."

"No..I think you do have time to talk right now. You moved out of the food court pretty quickly. Get in the car so we can talk and not freeze!" Spencer said firmly.

"No...I'm perfectly fine" said Cassie, not fine at all. "You were with someone else, so I didn't want to bother you."

"I wasn't with someone else...What? Oh, for heaven's sake..."Spencer grinned and laughed. "No..Cassie, you don't understand..." he laughed even harder.

Cassie, now fuming slightly, didn't understand why Spencer was laughing at her.

"Cassie..." he choked on his laughter. " Darlin', you need to stop..you don't understand..that was Mary Grace.. my.."