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"Never," Lucian said dryly "So Sorry, we forget to let you follow What is it, Maggie, are you in?"

Lucian asked

"No, I fold"

"There, you see," Sean said, shaking his head "Maggie folds"

"She folds, but I don’t," Jade told him

"Throw your ot?" Lucian de therinned with relish "Four fours" He started to rake in the pot

"Excuse me!" Jade said

The men paused and looked at her "Four tens"

"Two four-of-a-kinds!" Sean said with disgust "Who dealt that ie said complacently

"Oh"

Jade started to rake in her haul of quarters As she did so, two-month-old Gwyneth, the newest edition to the Canady household, began to cry, the sound co to them froie rose, Jade’s cell phone went off

Lucian leaned back in his chair, his eyes on his wife’s "This is going to be him," he said

Jade looked at hi," she said softly

"Yes, one ti to be it"

Jade rose, going to her purse to ruht back," Maggie murmured

"Will you check on Aidan while you’re up there?" Jade asked, referring to her adopted son, nearly two years old now, and going through the hell-on-two-feet stage when awake, but an angel baby at night He always slept a solid twelve hours, but nevertheless, Jade looked in on hiave half her attention to her search, and half to Maggie

"Naturally--and if you intend to leave hi to have to trust in the fact that I will look in on hio check on theusted over the loss of what he had considered an incredible hand, and still, equally curious as to the phone conversation

Maggie shook her head

"Hello?" Jade said, staring at Lucian He arched a dark brow

"Yes, it’s Jade DeVeau," she said She glanced across the table at Lucian "Of course, I remember you"

She listened for another few minutes, then said softly, "If you don’t mind, I think you need to speak with my husband"

She turned the phone over to Lucian, itched to speaker phone so that they could all hear what theHe had a deep, resonant voice, with just a hint of his Southern upbringing Easy to remember, he was tall, on a par with Lucian’s six feet, three inches, deceptively long and lean in appearance, as his height somewhat hid the breadth of his shoulders She’d been impressed with his talent, drive, and professionalis about thewas lurking behind the fellow’s strong chiseled features and direct gaze While Jade had felt that his love and ad, Lucian had again felt so, there, just beneath the surface To Jade, they had been allas was blond, feminine, beautiful, and had a voice that bordered on the heavenly They were Barbie and Ken in a nutshell, almost too perfect to be believed

"Actually, I’ you I’ve just been hearing some of the most absurd stories, and I happened upon your wife’s book, and since we had just met recently… this is ridiculous I mean, it’s not as if I can call ’Ghost Busters,’ right? And I haven’t been seeing ghosts or anything like that

But the book mentioned that you like to know about the unusual There are so here"

"Really? Well, you’re in Sale Halloween," Lucian said He stared across the room at Jade, then Sean "But what a coincidence My wife and I were considering a trip to Salem for the weekend She’d like to do an after-the-event piece And naturally, we’d like to meet with you

Find out whatever we can on just exactly whatever it is that’s bothering you"

"I wish I knew exactly" They could all hear the caller hesitate Then he cleared his throat and spoke clearly and directly "I’e for assistance or whatever in… well, whatever I suppose that what I really need is inforo bus can happen, brought on by people with motives of their own Everyone up here swears that Wiccans can’t wish hars happen I don’t understand what’s going on Maybe we’re being drugged soine the dreams, and what’s worse, I don’t even know just whose drea a lot of sense And as I was saying… I’le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>