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"Screw the duet very thin," she said with a sht away Before we forget how that works Daood I think we found e have in coether and that was just another opportunity to enjoy each other’s bodies Then they were going to dress to go downstairs to eat but were sidetracked by the bed By the tier and drunk on sex Eric had never et to the duht they were probably her best ever, but the taste and texture barely registered with Eric The only thing he could taste was Laine and he didn’t want to forget it for a second

They sat on the floor in the great room, in front of the fire, trays on their laps, knees al While they ate, they talked "This is a completely inappropriate question," Laine said, "but will you tell h "There haven’t been very irlfriend was a cute little coether for almost two years She was special in a hundred ways, but we both kneere temporary from the start and she dumped me last summer for someone more her type"

"How do you knohen you’re temporary?" she asked

"You tell ed or serious--and I can’t believe every man in America doesn’t want you for his very own And you’re here while on leave--you’ll go back to the Bureau You won’t work out of Thunder Point, I know that I just refuse to think about it right now Want to tell me about your men?"

She just shook her head "My professional life didn’t leave a lot of roouys whose lives were just like n a lot But your life is different--one business, one address, not so much uncertainty"

"I found"I’ to rebuildtime to be out of circulation"

"You said five years"

"Five in jail, five on parole Ten years under a microscope I didn’t test the rules, not even a little bit And I was nervous about for, before jail"

"I was a fuck-around idiot There’s nothing hter"

His eyes actually got a little dreaot so lucky there And after hearing those scary words one tinant’--I was very careful I’et to know her better I can’t believe I was a part of creating her You won’t believe how great she is"

"Well, Gina’s pretty great, so"

"I oing to do after we finish dinner?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to go back to bed I want to sleep with you tonight, but that’s your call I can put on , I’le in"

"I like that idea"

When they were back in bed, they whispered to each other, telling little bits of their lives It was true, they seemed to have little in common, and yet Laine hadn’t felt this co in her adult life

At three in the , Laine woke and reached for him and his side of the bed was ee of the bed "Shhh Go back to sleep I didn’t want to wake you--I was going to leave a note My phone went I have to go tow someone"

"I didn’t hear the phone," she said

"It was on vibrate and I heard it bouncing around the nightstand The number on the side of the truck, the nuot a text, wanna see?"

She liked that he wasn’t private about it, hiding his texte near Bandon The cops threw out stop sticks to disable a car they were chasing and ended up blowing out tires on three civilian cars that weren’t being pursued My job is going to be easier than theirs They’re going to have so paperwork I texted that I was on et away?" she asked

"I have no idea I can co will you be?"

"That depends on how many tow trucks respond It could be a few hours"

"You should callof me" Then she smiled just as she closed her eyes sleepily