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"Listen, Katy, I don’t expect you to understand this, but I was brought up in a different era, a tiht"

"Are you saying ins back then? Because I don’t believe that for a minute"

"Of course not But men went to prostitutes before they were uess I’ht," he erated sigh of exasperation "I’ll stop trying to seduce you But,at churches the following night Zack and Kaitlyn sat in the backseat of the Porsche, stealing kisses, while Drake drove to the first church

"This one is beautiful," Elena remarked

"And very old," Drake said as they approached the entrance He glanced at Zack over his shoulder "I never thought to ask Are churches a problem for you?"

"No"

With a nod, Drake opened the carved front door and stepped inside Elena, Kaitlyn, and Zack followed on his heels

It was a lovely old church, with arched ceilings and stained-glass s Candles burned on either side of the high altar Baskets of fresh flowers, undoubtedly left over fro, or perhaps a funeral, filled the air with a sweet fragrance The wooden pews gloith a patina of age

"I love it," Kaitlyn said, glancing around "Zack?"

"If you like it, I like it"

"Any point in looking anywhere else?" Elena asked

"No" Kaitlyn shook her head "I want to be ht, then," Elena said cheerfully "I’ll call toeether

Zack caught Kaitlyn by the hand when she would have followed

"What?" She looked up at hiet married here?"

"I just wanted to kiss my bride Do you mind?"

"What a silly question" She moved into his arms, went up on her tiptoes, and pressed her lips to his "Your bride," sheup at him "I like the sound of that Just think, soon I’ll be Mrs Zackary Ravenscroft"

"Not soon enough," he growled

Chapter 38

The ringing of his cell phone brought Zack instantly awake Sitting up, he grabbed the cell frohtstand and checked the display

"Scherry What’s wrong?"

"Zack! The club"

"What about it?"

"It’s gone"

"Gone? What the hell are you talking about?"

"So There’s nothing left"

He frowned as he considered her words "Are you saying it wasn’t an accident? That someone did it deliberately?"

"Yes The fire department said someone broke in shortly after dawn and torched the place The fireman I talked to said it was the work of a pro"

"Did anybody get hurt?"

"No The club was eht What tirunted softly Roht I’ll be there soht Reserve me a room at Harrah’s under an alias Get one for yourself, too I’ll call you when I get there"

"Who do you think did this?"

"I’ood idea Tell Walls and Lautner to lay low until they hear froht, Zack I’ll see you toht And Zackbe careful"

"You, too, kid"

Zack closed the phone and tossed it on the nightstand He sat there a ht There was no way to prove it, but he would bet his last dollar that Nadiya was behind the fire She ht not have lit the match, but he’d bet she kneho did