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"What’s your story, Ethan? And you have a drawl by the way, as opposed to a twang" I ser of two children It was justup for my sister and me He drove a London cab and took me with him when I didn’t have school"

"That’s why you didn’t need directions to find my flat," I said "And I’ve heard about the test the London cabbies have to take on all the streets It’s gargantuan"

He sood, Miss Bennett For an American you are quite up on your cultural facts of Britain"

I shrugged "I saw a show about it Was pretty funny actually" Realizing I’d distracted hi So what did you do after you finished school?"

"I went intoDid that for six years Left Started my company with the help of contacts I’dto have no inclination to keep talking

"What branch of the military?"

"Special Forces, mostly reconnaissance" He didn’t offer any rinned at , Mr Blackstone"

"If I tell you any more, I’d have to kill you, and that would just blow my promise all to shit"

"What promise?" I asked innocently

"That I’m not a serial killer," he said as he popped a piece of steak into his beautiful ods! The idea of eating a plate of beef with a serial killer would have totally killed this date for me"

He sed his meat and then smiled at me "Very funny, Miss Bennett You are a wit"

"Why, thank you, Mr Blackstone, I try very hard to be" He disarmed me with his charm so effortlessly I really had to work to keep hie in an instant "What do you do at your coovernht noe are swa from all over into London--especially in our post nine eleven world--it’s a challenge"

"I bet"

He pointed atyou to the best place in town for a Mayfair steak, and what do you do?" He shook his head at hed "It has some steak in it Anyway, I can’t help it I don’t like to be predictable"

"Well you’re very good at being unpredictable, Miss Bennett" He winked at me and took another bite of his steak

"Can I ask you a personal question, Ethan?"