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"INSUFFERABLE MAN!"

Mrs Horas hanging the phone when Kathy crossed the threshold of the Bed & Breakfast

"What's the matter?" she asked

"It's that Marcus Cameron…"

"Dr Cameron?"

"Yes," answered Mrs Horwood in a clearly irritated tone "He wanted to talk to you"

"Oh, I wonder why he didn't use my cell number"

"Well, apparently, he wished to also offer Pat his condolences"

"You don't like him very much?"

"No," smiled the lady, conscious that her behavior had ry to see that now he et his hands on you"

"Dear Mrs Horwood," said Kathy, genuinely shocked "I'm sure you must have your motives to speak that way, but I truly have no idea what you are referring to So far, Dr Ca to reproach him for On the contrary"

"Well, I am relieved to hear that Nevertheless,with this man, have been quite different"

Mrs Horwood kept on cleaning the already spotless reception desk, while Kathy awaited a more detailed explanation

"He hit on me," the lady went on Kathy couldn't tell whether she was offended or resentful "And on Pat and on Mrs Sloan All in the saht that Mrs Horas not telling the truth

"I buried o, and with him I buried romance So when he started to flirt, I simply cut it short in the most polite manner And that would have been it, had I not heard him ask Pat out for dinner She, e and was not to be dazzled by a third-age Don Juan, so she handled the situation quite skillfully However, I thought it would be wise to have a ith Mary Anne, and find out if she kneho she waswith

And it seeested they became more than friends and she had rejected hiood ter on the island, anyway? Had he been invited by Mrs Sloan?"

"No He invited hiht the hotel and this property"