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She packed up her laptop and research (which were far more important than personal items, since she needed to finish her seminar paper), located her purse, andtaxi

Gabriel was going to be surprised

The Professor ordered the cabbie to wait for hi the taxi They’d parked down the street from the house he was interested in, so as not to attract attention

He walked down the street slowly, noting the nuhborhood on Staten Island, populated by old, small homes

Then he saw it

The house itself was unree and a short, paved driveway It was situated on a very se of lawn that separated the front of the house fro black Mercedes was parked at the curb

Gabriel stood, two houses doatching

To his surprise, the front door opened and aan elderly woman After she’d closed and locked the door behind thely escorted her down the front steps

Gabriel approached

The wo because the er Gabriel heard so about a doctor’s appointht of Gabriel and stopped, staring over at hi on the sidewalk across the street

This was his moment

Noas his opportunity to speak to her, to demand answers to questions, to reveal hilanced in Gabriel’s direction, then began tugging at the woman’s arm, his voice still raised

The woman turned away from Gabriel and obediently followed her escort to the Mercedes, where he opened the door and patiently waited while she situated herself

The man seemed oblivious to the Professor’s presence as he closed the car door and rounded the vehicle He started the car and drove away

Gabriel watched the Mercedes turn the corner and disappear out of sight

Chapter Sixty

It ell after ht when Gabriel entered his hotel room He orld weary and tired, his hair disheveled, his tie askew

Without bothering to switch on a light, he threw his winter coat over a chair and kicked off his boots

(It should be mentioned that his boots were aliven that they ith a suit)

Just as he was rehtstands

“What the—”

Gabriel’s curse was interrupted by a feht of Julianne, naked in bed with tousled hair Her dark eyes were soft and sleepy, her ruby lips parted, her voice deliciously husky

She looked like a sex kitten