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She just s in that mysterious way of hers I wished ere alone

Gabrielle was a devoted friend from what I could tell, and fiercely protective of Brynne We had an understanding that orkable as long as she saw me as friend and not foe--I’d passed the test so far Beautiful too in her own right, just notbrown hair, with just the faintest hint of dark red glinting through, coure too even if she wasn’t my flavor, I still had eyes in my head and wasn’t dead

The color of her eyes rereen I wondered what he would think of her when he got a look, the womanizer that he was I bet he would like her very h Gabrielle would probably tell him to sod off to his face and he would lick his lips and ask her to join hiot his arse here

Brynne’s roo art at university, andher ay froh London Met Pol--one Robert Hargreave, Chief Inspector, New Scotland Yard I’d looked him up, and from all accounts he looked solid, a respected detective on the force I supposed I should set up a s had been very quiet on the Senator Oakley front No neas good news…I hoped

"What color is your a dress that willit?" I asked Brynne

"It’s periwinkle" She sain "Aunt Marie met us there and we had so much fun with her She really does have the eye for fashion"

"You should have brought her along for lunch with you"

"I would have loved for her to come with us, but she was off to a ladies luncheon with her book club She said to tell you how ain as if the idea of our people etherin public, but didn’t carry over into the bedrooirl wasn’t shy with ht about how et her back into my bedroom and she could showup the sheets latelyand the shoalls…er, and even the gy workout with great fondness Who kneup and down my--

"You’ll love Marie, Ethan," Gabrielle said distractedly, still checking her s I needed to rearrange my ck but forced a smile at both of them instead

I had yet to meet the adored Aunt Marie, but was about to very soon We had decided it was tiether in a dinner at my place My dad, Brynne’s aunt, Gabrielle, Clarkson, Neil and Elaina made up the short list We’d discussed and felt it was ti with us and the possible threats to Brynne Everyone was principal enough that they needed to knohat ht be in play Brynne was too important to me to take a risk at this point, and everyone involved already knew her background anyway

"Well I cannot wait to meet her She sounds like she dotes on you" I checkedlike this So rude"

"Why don’t you call hiested

"That would be a total waste of my time He never answers hison," I answered dryly

"Oh,to have to get over to the university Trouble with a painting An accident involving solvent getting duht" Gabrielle looked absolutely horrified, stood up abruptly, and gathered her bags "Not a good coood at all," Brynne said, shaking her head, "the solvent will eat through the canvas if they don’t neutralize…"