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Jazain A kid like Jazh tennis shoes to school, didn’t take kindly to the word sweet Sooner or later, Shana would need to develop a ood tenfro by now Her head rested against the cushion, her feet were propped up and all ell For the first ti freely with her She wasn’t sure whether she should credit Adam Kennedy with this i strides in her relationship with her niece due to her own efforts

"Uncle Adam says you need a man in your life"

Her peace shattered, and Shana’s eyes sprang open She sat up, swung around and dropped her feet to the floor "What did you just say?"

Jazmine appeared in the doorway between the kitchen and the living roorined expression "I…Uncle Adam said you’re the kind of woman who needs a man in her life"

That did it She’d utterly huht…he assu some kind of play for him This was the worst possible scenario

"Shana?" Jazmine whispered "You lookout of her ears was any indication "That’s ludicrous!"

"I’m pretty sure he ave her niece credit for so

"He thinks you’re beautiful"

He did? Although it shouldn’t have ave Shana pause "He said that?"

Jazmine hesitated "Well, not exactly"

Okay, then "Listen, it’s not a good idea for us to talk about your uncle Adaht now" When she saw hih

"You don’t want to talk about hi on fast

"You don’t want to talk about Brad, either"

Right again "You could say uess not," Jazmine said pensively "I won’t mention either of theone, Shana gave up the idea of resting and joined Jazainst the kitchen chair; she seemed to keep it close at all tiave the sexy lieutenant coht What she had to do was keep her distance She would be polite and acco if he wanted to spend time with Jazain would she allow hiest that she needed a man--least of all him

Jazmine stirred the chili with her back to Shana "I probably shouldn’t have said anything"

"Don’t worry about it" Shana was eager to drop the subject

"You’re not mad, are you?"

"Not anymore," Shana assured her

"You look mad"

"I’m not," she said

"Are too"

"Ahing Obviously Jazz ree had a it

Shana had to adh with her niece; it was al her sister there Jazuard, they got along well

Shana wondered if she should clarify her position in case Adaain or made sohten hier," Jazot over her shock, she had to acknowledge that the kid was ruthless in achieving her goals She went directly for the jugular But Shana kept her response light "After a day like this one, that’s certainly true"

On Saturday reed to come down to the ice-crea her Catherine, her employee, wouldn’t be in until that afternoon

At this point Catherine was only part-ti up and she’d need a second part-tiressed and the parlor was open later in the evening, she’d add est expense would be the staff payroll and warned her not to hire more people than she needed Shana had taken their words to heart, doing asin the doorway of her bedroo around the restaurant all day with nothing to do Since Lincoln Park was directly across the street, there’d be plenty of paved sidewalks for her to skate It would be a good opportunity to e, too