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“Good , Belle”

“Good ht I’d better remind you that it’s Vickers’s birthday”

Jake closed his eyes Hell He’d forgotten all about it, despite the hints Sah he’d enda

“Right Well, phone the—”

“Florist I already did Two dozen roses Red”

“Fine, fine And phone—”

“Tiffany’s They’ll deliver a sapphire bracelet at noon”

“Sapphire?”

“ Vickers has blue eyes,” Belle said, so crisply that he could almost hear the unspoken reprimand within the simple words Wouldn’t it be nice if he paid attention to such things? He never did, though After a while, beautiful woht-thirty dinner reservation at Sebastian’s A booth in the front room, of course”

“Of course,” Jake said, s?” He flashed a look at his watch “I didn’t think anybody was open at this hour”

“They’re all open for you,” Belle said dryly “Just in case you don’t want Sebastian’s, I made back-up reservations at Leonie’s Tell me which you prefer and I’ll cancel the other”

“What’s Sebastian’s?”