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He yelled at her instead “What the hell were you doing outside without gloves?”

She sly “Glad to see that you are in a better ether, in no“I ave a cat, you’d know this is not bare-headed and bare hands weather”

Her s to offer to help you with dinner—but without the coe And, since you persist in seeingof any real help to you either”

She turned around and left

Had he offended her into going back to the Pattersons’? No, she would not do so without the cats He continued grating cheese, listening for a cat’s yowl or a door sla, but heard neither

She came back into the kitchen moments later, this ti as she got herself a glass of water

After a few ot to hi So why did he always end up saying he was sorry to Zoe?

“For what? Speaking the truth as you see it?”

“I do not think you are senseless and, while I use the term niña as an endearment, I do not think you are a child”

“Are you sure?”

“Positive”

She sighed “All right, then I forgive you”

Grant stifled a deain He’d had enough arguing for one night

She hopped out of her chair and started gathering the rest of the ingredients for dinner The water came to a boil and he dumped the pasta in “We’ll have to wait until the snow lets up for ot to be kidding No way are you going to be able to drive ht”

Was that why she had not storht she was stuck there? “My truck has four-wheel drive”

She stopped redients into the saucepan on the stove “Four-wheel drive won’t do a thing for low visibility It’s a good thing we brought the cats with us”

Soretted giving his foreman’s wife time off for the holidays At least if she were here to prepare dinner they would not be alone “You can’t spend the night”