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Then she headed for the sink and washed her hands, just like she would have done after using the facilities, if she’d used them

The man still watched her warily, but she wasn’t sure whether he thought she was lying--he did look at her flat belly beneath the dress--or worried she’d faint again She couldn’t look at him, couldn’t look to see his expression But then a horrible thought occurred to her What if he’d thought she was doing drugs?

She took a couple of steps forward, then grabbed his arain, and this time the expression on his face was one of pure horror Not that she was faking rabbed her around the waist and sputtered, "D-do you need an ah Or drinking enough fluids I’ll… I’ll be all right"

Still, he didn’t let her go, and for the first time in her life, she really wished she had a hero type like him--like Jake, rather--in her life Practical, no nonsense, she’d never really felt she’d needed anyone But now?

"Get her so near the door

Alicia sighed She really needed help Then she felt a wave of depression hit all at once How could she see Jake or anyone when she was a damn olf? Wouldn’t she want to do to hie hi into a pit of despair, she knew she couldn’t get in touch with Jake directly Not now, not ever

"Are you sure we can’t call someone for you?" the man asked as he helped her toward the restroom door

"No, thanks"

The woraph had stepped into the restroom now, too, with the picture wrapped in paper cradled in her ar out of Alicia’s purse

"What about hiht Jake was the father of Alicia’s baby and they’d had a falling-out The other woman must have told her what had happened

Poor Jake He was now thought to be the father of a nonexistent baby, and he was truly the dreaain, al desperate

Thelooks

The man continued to help Alicia out of the restrooht in the altogether as a wolf He hter When they left the restroom, the other female employee had a cell phone in one hand and a chilled bottle of water in the other, ready to call 9-1-1 probably, and everyone was looking a lotwork late

That still bothered Alicia She hated that she really had inconvenienced them But Ferdinand was the one to blame for all this Da to locate Jake Silver," the ave her the envelope he left for her" Mary pointed at the incri evidence in Alicia’s purse pocket, halfway exposed

"Does it have an address?" The ured he thought Jake was the father of her faux baby, too How could things get into such a mess?

"A phone number," Alicia said "I’m to call him" She tried to sound as enthusiastic as she could under the circulances They thought Jake was a villain

"He has a home in Silver Town, Colorado," Mary blurted out, as if she wanted Alicia to know the truth in case Jake had steered her wrong

"Thanks," Alicia said very sweetly

Maybe she could call Silver Town and leave a et word to hiht, and that would be it But she didn’t dare call Jake directly because she was afraid he’d try to locate her--and what a disaster that would be

The ave her the water Alicia only wanted to leave as quickly as she could before she had another dae to shift Politely, she drank a little of the water, never being one who could drink a glass of anything in a hurry But she was trying her damnedest while everyone watched her expectantly<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>