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"If you kneas cheating you all along, why the loving attention? Why the kisses? You should despiseto throw me off?"

"I was curious to watch you conyou I knew you’d hate going to that No Moss party, though you really surprised ht you’d pass out when you saw your vase on my desk But make no mistake, I’m very much attracted to you--it wasn’t all a ruse"

So his interest in me had been real I wondered if it would be helpful "Well, I’m very much attracted to you, that’s for sure" I raised my chin proudly "What happens now?"

"I’d say the possibilities are vast I could call the police, I could have Udo kick your ass, or I could take you to bed" He let a sly grin creep across his face "Why don’t we sit and talk about it, Ms Frank" He motioned to the sofa, and we sat down, not too close

I was in a precarious position I could weave a neeb of lies, or I could just kick the whole uarded but still-soaze, I opted for the truth I doubted I could e much else

"My name isn’t really Dee Frank--that’s just what people call rew up here in Los Angeles and spent er I’m really sorry I tried to swindle you Believe me, I didn’t want to do it But I"

He held up a hand to stopwhen people do that" He picked up a folder of papers from the coffee table by the sofa and handed it to ator already toldherself Bonnie Gleason really is your mother, Beatrix Kirkland And your so-called cousin, Vance Geiger, is a sine you hired him to protect you"

As he laid out the facts of my life, my mouth fell farther and farther open Alejandro must certainly have hired the man who’d visited my New York shop, and he may have hired the people who pulled the record of my birth parents just before Elle did But he clearly hadn’t hired Vance, because he thought I had done it That ation