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"No!" Haven shook her head furiously "Oh, God, ould you want to?"

"Are you seriously asking me that?" she asked "Are you blind? He has that whole erous look about him There’s no way a man like that isn’t well endowed"

"Stop!" she hissed

Kelsey rolled her eyes "Oh, relax I get it You have no interest in men, except for Cartman"

"Carmine," she corrected her

"Cartman, Carmine--same difference I’ve known you a few uy He doesn’t call, he doesn’t write, he doesn’t visit He host, but that fine speciible, and there coive up the fantasy for the reality" She paused and glanced down the hallway as Corrado headed back in their direction "And it doesn’t hurt when the reality looks a hell of a lot likehis phone in his pocket as he gazed at Haven "You should be safe here, but I’ to have the locks replaced"

A tense silence fell over the roo happen?"

"Soot ho? Did they hit my place, too?"

"She scared them away before they could make it that far," Corrado chi the lie She looked at the clock as another bout of tension swept through the rooet ready We have somewhere to be"

"I’d rather you skip it today," Corrado said

Haven shook her head "I can’t"

He gave her a curious look "Can’t, or won’t?"

"Won’t"

He nodded as if he had expected that answer "Proceed, then"

Haven left the two of the on her couch eating when Haven returned, but Corrado was nowhere to be found

"He stepped outside," Kelsey said before Haven had a chance to ask "Got a call from what I assume is his wife Major mood killer"

Haven shook her head "He’s not your type He’s a serious person"

"I noticed," she said "He’s intense You’re not in, like, WITSEC are you?"

"What?" Haven asked

"WITSEC You knoitness protection, where the governsters can’t find you?"

Haven cracked a sive her a new identity to hide froovernment "No, it’s not like that"

"So how come I’ve never seen him here before?"

"He doesn’t live around here"

"Where does he live?"

"Why are you so nosy?"

"Because I a "How did you meet him?"

"He’s afriend of the family"

"Really? He looks really familiar, like I’ve seen hie He is a cop, though, right?"

"Why the questions?" Haven asked

She shrugged "I’ure out who he is Is it a crime to want to know about my friend’s life? You don’t talk much about it"

"There’s not much to tell"

Kelsey rolled her eyes "Whatever, let one when they headed outside They shared a cab in silence to the Rainbow Art Center and spent the athering up all of the kids’ artwork They carefully fras to the wall and decorating for a party Kelsey left at one point to get snacks and drinks as Haven blew up balloons She turned around to get so there The person grabbed her shoulders as she screauard

"Relax," Corrado said "It’s just me"

"How did you knohere I was?" she asked

He raised his eyebrows "You think I don’t keep tabs on you?"

"Well, sure, but I didn’t kno closely"

"Close enough that I could find you at any given moment," he said "It’s my job to know It’s nice what you do here, by the way"

"Oh," she said, flushing Was that a coine you do," he said "Maura did sis She always said if she helped just one person, it would have been worth the sacrifice"

"She mentioned that in her journal," Haven mumbled "I feel the same way"

"So you understand why Cared fro it