The hell with that… she scowled. Yet as she rode the recumbent bike at the gym, Hayden couldn't stop thinking that the meaning of her latest affirmation was not quite so obvious. Friendship was based on trust and only a fool would trust a backstabbing she-dog! She was back home and showering away the musk of her workout when she finally came to an understanding of the words that kept playing over and over again in her head. She was standing with her face turned to the spray of the water, feeling a calmness fill her as she reverted to a meditative state. It felt so good to feel her sore muscles being soothed by the hot spray. This calm was the way she wished to always feel. Hayden's eyes suddenly popped open. So then why would she allow a person like Pam to affect her? Yesterday, s

