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We headed toward ho the blue with strands of gold

When we reached town, Clark directedhere?" I asked, pulling up next to a perfect saltbox Cape Cod

"I need to pick so around to my side He held the door open and closed it behindall around

"Yes Why do you sound so surprised?"

"This isn’t surprise, this is excite up the front walk I peered in through the s on either side of the door and saw books everywhere, stacked neatly on bookcases and on tabletops An easy chair The perfect shade of green on the walls, soft and co A fireplace with a stacked stone hearth

"I have a key, you know," he said, right behind me I could feel his breath on the top of my head, he was so h the s"

I laughed "Only if you want to show me"

"Of course I want to show you But don’t you want to see the Legless Knight? He’s waiting for you in the garage"

Looking back at the s, I asked, "Rain check on the house?"

He nodded "Rain check" Then he led as grill, and Adirondack chairs arranged on the patio into conversation circles He paused next to the garage

"So the knight’s standing guard over the Taurus, is he?" I joked

"The Taurus is one of the , if you were going to have your own personal knight in shining ar you kneas likely to be stolen?" He smiled down at me

"I suppose Think that’s why he was in Aunt Maude’s bedroo to steal her fourteenth stack of tube socks"