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That anybody who’d done business with Daniel would do such a thing she doubted highly Then she froze Daniel! Once he found out, he would be enraged And his parents, they’d be devastated Clearly they didn’t know; otherwise Sabrina would have seen their behavior change

She glanced at the date of the article It had appeared the day the newspaper hadn’t shown up Coincidence? She didn’t want to speculate

But she needed to speak to Daniel this instant

In the kitchen, she found only Raffaela Sabrina’s sto the article What would Raffaela think of her?

"Raffaela, have you seen Daniel?"

"He left about half an hour ago to go pick up the place cards from the printer He’ll be back soon" Raffaela smiled

"Thanks May I borrow your car?"

"Sure, cara The keys are on the side table in the hallway"

As calmly as she could, Sabrina left the kitchen Maybe it was best that she and Daniel had this conversation away from the house where his parents couldn’t overhear them

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"Good afternoon, how y lasses back up his nose and stared directly at Daniel His eyes looked huge behind the thick lenses, suggesting that his eyesight was extree: at seventy-five he should be retired and taking it more slowly but Daniel knew from his mother that Peats’ only son had never shown any interest in the business, and his grandchildren showed none either Eventually, once Mr Peats couldn’t do the work anymore, another beloved local shop would disappear It was sad, really

"Daniel Sinclair" Though he’d known the shopkeeper for over thirty years, Daniel doubted that theplace cards I ordered a couple of weeks ago I received a call that they were ready to be picked up"

"Ah yes Of course" Mr Peats nodded and shuffled through a stack of papers on the counter

Daniel waited patiently, not wanting to cause the old man any stress while he searched for the correct order form