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He grinned "With your X-ray vision?"

True, I couldn’t actually see it fro on his left side all the way to his spine That was bad enough "You’re lucky to be alive"

"Right" He turned towarda aze to stay locked on his face "I’ve been hearing that a lot lately" He leaned out to put the brown peroxide bottle on the vanity and brushed pastover my cheeks and mouth Then he ducked back in and turned the shower valves

"You know, you should probably put more peroxide on after you shower"

"Worried about me?" he asked just before he closed the shower door

"Not especially" Watching hi an abstract painting and knowing the model the artist used for his aze away He had threatened my parents I had to remember that Still, it was really hard to stay mad at a wounded naked man

A soft knock sounded at the door and Bianca peeked around the doorjamb "Coast clear?" she asked

"Yep Dr Richard Kimble is in the shower"

She stepped in quickly and put a pair of boots on the floor

"You’re risking a lot for him," I said under avewithout him Besides the fact that I would be a waitress or cashier, barely scraping by, he gave ht now if not for Reyes The only thing I’ for?" She smiled, then closed the door behind her as she left

The smell of a woodsy shaht to the other foot, took hold of the towel rack with my other hand, perused the array of soaps in the soap dish, sighed in annoyance really loudly, then let h he were lass door,He stood there with one ar his side It re him seem almost vulnerable

"Reyes?"

His head turned toward me, but I couldn’t make out his features "You fall for ainst the tiled walls

I leaned back "Are you saying I shouldn’t?"

"No" He turned off the water, opened the door, and wrapped a towel around his waist without drying off first, then offered me his full attention "That would make the entire effort pointless"

"You doaway "Your threats are rarely without merit But I’ll remember that in the future"

"I wish you wouldn’t"