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"No, I’ for a friend orks here"

"Who are you looking for?"

"His name is Jack Moore"

The hostess had the oddest expression on her face that Monica had ever seen "Can you wait here?"

"Sure"

Maybe Jack had told the friends he worked with about Jessie and they atching out for hiht do to help if she were in Jack’s shoes

Monica didn’t have to think about it long before an older wo "Hi, can I help you?"

"Yeah, I’ for Jack It’s kind of i hi up at his place of eht look bad for him, so she started to explain herself "He doesn’t know I’"

"It’s OK We’re not as stuffy as we look What’s your name?"

"Monica He’ll know me as Jessie’s sister"

The lady wrote down her naive e"

"Really? I mean, that’s nice of you"

"You did say it was iave her cell number "Will Jack be in tomorrow?"

The lady seemed puzzled by the question "I’m not sure We allow our e the holidays Honestly, I’m really not supposed to reveal personal schedules"

"Of course I understand" Monica held her hand out to shake the other woman’s "Thank you"

"My pleasure, Monica Have a merry Christmas"

"You too"

As Monica left the hotel, she was sure a set of eyes watched her leave For the second tiht the Christmas spirit had flown over the people of Ontario and they were all just a little too eager to help

Chapter Fourteen

Jack pushed his horse into a fast run, enjoying the cool air hitting his face His head cleared for the first tiled in

He’d messed up bad with Jessie He should have kept his trap shut about row on her

Now he needed to figure out a way to cli away More than ever, he needed to know if she loved him Katie seemed to think she did, and Katie hadn’t even met Jessie yet