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"Real fast," he added

"That scare you?"

"I like it that way"

She si hiotten about everything he had been worried about just a few o

She stood and pulled hi as if she was kidding

"You're serious?"

They walked back over to the open door It was as if the sea pulled them toward it Just outside the door, they stopped and held each other The two boys with the kits were back but this time the kite was barely off the sand "I would like to be soe proposal I've ever heard"

She playfully hit hi business? I don't think you realize what you're getting into"

"Don't worry about me," she said

"Well, don't think about this" He lifted her chin and kissed her "But please give the thought of getting in this business a second thought"

"You're probleot it"

"So if you leave and close down there's not a chance for business, but if you have the money to stay open Then your dreams live on"

"In a way, yes"

She pushed away and quickly said, "I gotta go do soive him another kiss She left only her perfu full of pleasure

"Where are you going?"

She waved as she got into her car

Not knohat to , John went back in the office to close up for the last tier boxes out to his Jeep and then got the refrigerator He left the desk and the chair for the next day when he could get so So et it cleared off but he did not want to hear Joyce's voice again Not that he totally disliked her, but he needed to finallyto be a private eye any longer and he was quite interested in a beautiful young singer He pulled the answeringout of the wall