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I hung reat rocker "I uitar back on the wall, then he lifted h my body, and I allowed myself to return a smaller smile This was so messed up! All I wanted to do was throw ain Instead, I had to kick myself on the inside to keep myself focused

Alejandro shook his head slowly "No, Deborah You’ve yet to disappointmetal door by the side of the roouitar collection?"

"You have even uitars in it "How uitars can one e has his own collection that he keeps at my place Let me show you"

So the rue’s fabled collection of stolen guitars Alejandro turned to a keypad next to the door Although he covered it with his other hand while he entered the code, I could see the h Aunt Franny, a keen observer of the huht me when I was little to read thea numeric keypad What can I say? Old habits are hard to lose

The rooe’s collection was more like a vault: austere, less, and protected by a door that belonged on a bank safe A dozen guitars hung on the walls of this room, and a thirteenth was displayed on a pedestal in the center In stark contrast to Alejandro’s guitars, these were lass cases I noticed alarm wires on each case and quickly spotted cah-tech security features George clearly had a different approach to the care of his valuables

I gave Alejandro a grin "Nobody gets near George’s collection"

"No He doesn’t even like it when I show it to people Don’t tell him I let you in here"

"If he’s so sensitive about it, why does he keep it here?"

"Because I’ve got space for it and better security And because he can come here whenever he wants"