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Two low at 630 p in froainst the sheer cliffs whose beauty was often tainted in peoplesnotorious for suicide ju at his hair and clothes added another line to his already well lined face

His ehts firmly fixated on a certain petite brunette and his surprise birthday bash He didn't notice the odd looks they received fro in a tuxedo with a chauffeur at the Gap was incongruous to say the least

A surprise party It was the last thing that Ethan would have suspected his forthright housekeeper to have suggested, considering his openly stated aversion to birthday parties and even h he had to adhts festivities Could it be because Maggie had had a hand in organizing it? That woman had come to mean a lot to hi the party a success in so short a ti up or by not playing the part of the surprised birthday boy But then what about after the party? Maggie had stated on the boat her intention of aiting a few days until she actively began to look else where to live A few days Ethan now realisedto beco hih he'd have had to in 13 days if she was still without a memory Ironic how he had used her real first name on her credit card Would her naine a life without her, without her sunny disposition at breakfast and her dry wit at the dinner table Even his state of perery of approaching ht that that's all it was, just lust led with a desire for companionship Ethan had questioned hi if that's all it was But when he had found out about her apparent duplicity and banished her from his house he had felt his soul tear in two and when he saw her huddling at the station and took her into his arms he had felt it mended, whole, fused with hers