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Her eyelids fought an unseen weight "Travel safely I love you, too"

As he tucked the covers around her soft body, he asked, "Are you going back to sleep?"

She nodded "Yes, I think after that strenuous , he kissed the top of her head and watched as her smile faded, her eyes closed, and she appeared blissfully serene It was then Tony res were different because he wasn’t ho his CEO tone, he added, "Claire"

Her eyes ih she didn’t speak, she obviously recognized his change in tenor Perched on the edge of the bed, Tony reminded her, "If you leave the estate--"

She stilled his words with the touch of her hand The large dialistened, as she responded appropriately, "I promise, I’ll take Clay"

"This isn’t debatable"

"Tony, I’ to sleep"

He kissed her lips "I’ll call when I touch down in London"

She nodded "Be safe I think Eric’s waiting"

Three days later, Tony received word of an attempted break-in at the estate Thankfully, Clay had thwarted the atteht It see bolder with his threats More than anything, Tony wanted to get back to Iowa

To that end, he rescheduled a few of hisfor another time to visit Switzerland The money could wait It hadn’t been discovered in over twenty-five years One extra six- of a difference He had two more days before he could leave, when he received the call fro that someone had tried to run hiive a das--he headed home

Twice before he took off, Tony tried to reach Claire The first time, Catherine answered He was shocked to hear her voice on Claire’s private phone, but it made sense when Catherine explained that Claire was shaken by the incident and was sleeping The second tiht to voice mail As soon as his plane landed in Iowa, he tried to reach her again This ti Even the voice mail wouldn’t activate Next, Tony tried Catherine She answered right away