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Claire needed to get this weekend behind her and return home to her normal routine where Jason was the boss whoht about nor cared how he looked in jeans, well ht she was attractive Claire looked over and noticed Julie giving her a questioning look

"Did you say so?" asked Claire

"Just asked if you were almost finished" replied Julie "You see thoughts" Claire quickly assured Julie she was just worrying about her mother Froht that excuse, but she was polite enough to let it go She grabbed her cover-up fro it on as she walked out into the hallway to call ho Louise’s voice on the other end of the line, Claire smiled and said, "Hey Louise, it’s me How are you?"

"Oh hey honey, are you home?"

"No, I’m still in Columbia; I’ll be home so today?"

"Oh you know honey; she hasin the here and now and others where she’s living in the past Today has been in the past, ood; we sat outside on the porch for a bit this ot so hot; and she really loved that"

"That’s great Louise; do you think I should try to talk to her?"

"Honey, if you want to I’ll get her, but I think it will just confuse her today since she’ll assume you're Chrissie and you won’t be here in person to try to calets upset"

"Ok Louise, I don’t want you to have to deal with that so would you just please tell her that I called when she’s more lucid?"

"I will honey, don’t you worry about us and try to have yourself a good tiuys toathered her coame face on

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Jason settled back into the seat of the car they’d hired for the evening With everyone expected to consume alcohol at Harold’s Bachelor Party, Jason hadafterwards The noise level in the car was steadily rising as the others were picked up at their hotel and a rare guys' night out, especially for those ere ear

He was surprised when his thoughts turned to his assistant In the time that Claire had worked for him, he had never seen her as a desirable woman, hell; he hadn’t noticed her appearance, period When he had walked into her roo there ild auburn hair cascading down her shoulders and those green eyes flashing it had ht

Jason was rarely surprised by anything in life any at her injury after one of her ‘mishaps’ had daed his jeans to hide his growing reaction to her nearness The tight confines of the bathroo, to say the least

After he made a hasty departure from the bathroom, he took the tiet back under control He tried to tell himself that it was just a nored to get through lunch and the afternoon with only a few curious and frankly confused looks across the desk at her

Then when he had run into her in the hall this evening it had blown all his theories away Again, his body had an alain he was trying to shift himself around like a school boy He probably would not have noticed if her hair had been on firean erection every time she walked in the rooht with a woman, and he vowed to take care of that; as soon as he returned home

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The party was to start at seven and generally the cake was rolled in at nine after drinks and canapés had been served Claire worked in the kitchen for the first part of the evening Pa when the ‘cake girl’ was seen ahead of tied trays for the servers and ran any errands that ht, the party see and trays of delicious food were leaving the kitchen and returning euests were enjoying food at the same pace as their drinks; it seemed to keep down the number of over intoxicatedcake perfor the center of attention was never so she desired and for those moments when she popped out of the cake, she was very ht thatthe parties and have someone else take over the cake The ht was the difference in thewas alht not seem like a lot to some people, it was a s her final tray for a server, Claire went to the restroo loaded into the cake Pae who assisted her into the cake Brian and Max were a lot of fun and always h as they hoisted her up to the top of the cake They’d also be the ones heeled the cake in and assisted her down during the party in a randerher in She swatted at Brian as he tried to get Max to help hiot her to the top of the cake and she stepped down into the s

If they could build skyscrapers and bridges to cover miles, they should surely be able to build a cake with a botto to be lifted to the top Brian and Max were always asking if ered trying to lift her Claire checked the top of the cake toand then settled in