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"Okay I’uess what station that is Just wait there, and I’ll swing by to get you We’ll talk"

"Thanks, Audrey," she said softly "I appreciate it"

"You bet," the assistant said, and hung up

The violinist began to play a sad tune, and Bront&euan didn’t love her She’d given hi he’d asked for--her tiht she wasn’t good enough A fresh onrush of sadness rippled through her, and she swiped at her eyes again, frustrated with her own eood She was sad and hurt--okay, ry with herself She’d let Logan control how their relationship had gone, and she’d gotten burned If she ever dated soain, she wouldn’t make the same stupid mistake twice

Audrey showed up a short tiray peacoat She was always dressed as if about to head into the office, Brontë realized with a sniff "Hi, Audrey"

"Hi," she said, i a sh"

Eyes watering, she nodded "I don’t see this well"

"No," Audrey said, a little troubled "I don’t think you are I suppose I should be offering you condolences, but I’m mostly just mystified You broke it off with hi one? Was it truly that bad?"

Bront&euive ’ of myself"

"Ouch"

"I told hinored it"

"Double ouch Okay, I can see why the lure of his money palls a bit in the face of his elanced down at Bront&eurab a coffee and talk this out or souess so" She lifted her wet eyes to Audrey "Then I guess I have to find a hotel"

"You do kno much most hotels in this area cost?"

Bront&eu

Audrey sighed "Brontë, listen I really like you and I would love to offer an found out, he’d have kittens So I don’tyou somewhere as a Good Samaritan, but I can’t take sides in this You knohose side I have to take"

"I know," Brontë said miserably "I really appreciate the help, Audrey I didn’t want to get you in trouble"

The assistant brightened "However" She snapped her fingers "I know so?"

"I hadn’t really decided," Brontë said She looked around the subway station and then back at Audrey "I wouldn’tback hoht

"Well, if you volunteer to pay half of this ine you can stay with her a couple of weeks I guarantee it’ll end up being cheaper than a few nights in a hotel"

"Who is this person?"

Audrey shtly "My sister, Gretchen Want ht about her savings account and the tip money she’d tucked away for a rainy day or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity She could cover half a month’s rent, she supposed, even if it was crazy-expensive compared to Kansas City And she could take her tiet all about the man that had stormed into her life and taken over her heart so completely

She nodded at Audrey "Can you find out if it’s available?"

They took the subway to SoHo, a part of town that Audrey rolled her eyes at "Such a cliché"

Bront&eu around her at the subide eyes It seemedcrowded Maybe she just wasn’t used to it "I don’t understand Why is it a cliché?"

"SoHo’s where all the artists used to live"

Ah "Is your sister an artist, then?"

"She likes to irin "Artistic tehostwriter"

"Oh,That’s fascinating"

Audrey shrugged "Some days she seems to like it Some days she see with" When the subway announced their stop, she grinned and gestured at the door "This is us"