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"Welcos a woman around"

I blush and shake his hand, but he pulls s me He leans back to inspect me "Let in to uess the excellent Cabernet I had in the lih and so does Chris, who pulls ht I did that"

"Mike!" Katie chides "She doesn’t know you well enough to get your sense of hu roo Mike to taste of the festivities"

We fall into step behind Katie and Mike "They like you," Chris whispers

"Godchild?"

"They were close friends of my parents and they never had kids of their own"

I inhale at this announceother women This is a piece of his past that I didn’t think he would allow me to see, but he’s let me inside his world, at least this tiny part

My steps are a little e wooden table spanning several feet, with a dozen or so chairs on each side Fruit and cheese trays are displayed in the center of one end of the table

Chris and I sit side by side and Katie and Mike sit down across fro me with interest and I tie the shawl around e I’ve been granted with too much nipple action "Chris tells us you’ve recently went to work at a gallery in the city?" Katie asks

"Yes The Allure Gallery dohere Chris has a collection for sale That’s how I met him"

"I knoell," Katie comments "And you were a school teacher before this?"

I’m surprised by how ree is in Art and it’s my true love We’ll see how the suh hopes, but seeate the art world"

Mike knocks on the table "Right he is Everyone needs to know about wine"

"Chris doesn’t think so," I dare to reodson "Then why does the local gallery serve wine?

"Because this is Napa Valley"

"Exactly," she concurs "Wine and art go together"