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"I love horses," she says, as a carriage pulled by a black gelding passes by us "And this one is quite beautiful"

"Have you been around horses?"

"My father loved to ride I love to ride" I’ on "I’es only work the section of Sixteenth closed to traffic The animals seem well cared for too"

"Unlike the ones in New York City," I say, reluctantly allowing her to divert the topic froht next to Central Park Those poor ani their hoofs beat to hell"

"You lived in Manhattan?"

"Yeah I ht out of law school and stayed there until I moved back to Denver last year"

She stops dead in her tracks and turns to look at me "You’re an attorney?"

"Didn’t I mention that?"

"No You did not mention that You sat there and listened to me talk about law school and you didn’t say a word"

I step to her,you now"

"What kind of law?"

"Corporate"

"Where’d you go to school?"

"Harvard"

She gapes "Harvard? You went to Harvard?"

"Yes I went to Harvard"

"And then you were recruited out of college to work in New York?"

"That’s right"

"Money or passion?" she asks

My brows dip "What?"

"Are you in it for the money or the passion?"

"Why can’t I have both?"