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KATHY TOLD JESSE SHE NEEDED SOME TIME ALONE AFTER LUNCH But he already knehat that o and fetch her in fifteen minutes

Soon she found herself in the same park, on the same bench, which had beco what Mrs Sloan would advise and how she would comfort her in view of this new obstacle However, instead of the writer's words, what careat many occasions when she'd needed them to be there for her and they had

"Thank you, Mrs Sloan," she whispered "For helping ot to know h to be aware of y that derives fro miserable, she was almost startled by Jesse's sudden appearance

"Hey! You said you'd give me a quarter of an hour!" she complained, half annoyed, half relieved

"I followed you," he admitted shameless

"You certainly did!"

"Don't you feel like this is a kind of déjà vu thing?"

"I'd rather you had not heardhis comment "They were uttered, but not intended to be heard"

"I figured you ht need to be rescued from them"

Kathy watched hiive that impression And it seems to me you've assumed this task as part of Mrs Sloan's inheritance"

Jesse's face hardened, not sure how to take that

They kept quiet for a while

"I'll leave if you wishan inch "I' I wanted was to upset you"

"Please, tellkind to me out of a sense of duty?"

"I believe we already covered that a week ago"

"Not quite"

She stood up; her own question and the range of possible answers ht into her eyes

"No, I areenish irises "And should you wish to hear the expanded version of this answer, I've no objection"

David ca with her for h he'd never admit it - before he'd finally asked her out Jesse, on the other hand, was al about the bush Would she like hireat responsibility with thisprobles had to be out on the open