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"I’s and toast, but I’d punched the guy not too long ago, yet here he was, uy

I had no idea what to do with a nice guy I’d never dated a clean-cut, Backstreet Boy type; I’d always stayed in the heavy metal/alternative, dirty, tattooed-boy section I could appreciate what a Nick Lachey had to offer, sure, butto be a Dave Navarro, a Chris Cornell

A nice guy? H, I sipped my wine "So, tell me about yourself, Clark"

"Me? What’s there to know?"

"Oh, I bet plenty Tell end"

He raised an eyebrow at lass and you’ll get all three"

Yeah, I poured He talked Born and raised in Mendocino, he’d gone away to college at Pepperdine, history major, minor in library sciences His family had always been heavily involved in the area’s historical society, preserving old hos He confirmed what Caroline had already told me, that much of the town of Mendocino was in fact a historical site Most of those efforts were privately funded, although he worked with horants, like the one h hours had been cut steadily over the last few years and there was now a pretty small staff that assisted him

"No one does pure research anymore, not without the Internet of course Sure, we’ve adapted pretty well, but for the most part, the library here exists for a pleasure reader Although with Kindles and iPads, we’re even starting to see those readers begin to slip away Plates?" he asked, bringing the pan with the scras to the table I helped him butter the toast, and we settled ourselves around the kitchen table There was still a rake stuck in the chandelier in the dining rooo out to the barn for the ladder so, yeah, that was out for tonight

"Well, I’ll be down for my library card just as soon as I can" I forked up a reat, Clark You want so on my plate

"I’ll pass Do you read a lot?"

"I’ve been known to, sure," I said, hoping my face wasn’t as pink as it felt

"Last book you read that changed how you felt about soht quickly Not sure I could tell hiuettes "Um, let’s see Black Holes and Baby Universes"

"Wow, i How did you think it coed into darkness "I wondered when that was going to happen," he said

"What happened?" I asked, looking around in the dark I had a flashlight in here sooes out in tohen there’s a bad storh, not to worry"

"I’m not worried" I fuo!" I said, turning on the flashlight

"What wattage is that thing?" he asked, holding up his hands

It was a bit bright