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Definitely not a ringing endorsement for his new look

“I guess it doesn’t matter much if I shave or not now that oing to be here er—”

“What? You ? Already?”

He nodded “I have to keep scouting for a headquarters for my Mediterranean expansion”

“But this is it The South Shore will be perfect”

Was that a glimmer of worry reflected in her eyes? Surely she couldn’t be that invested in doing business with hi her to close this deal?

He cleared his throat “I’nitude I have plans to visit Rome, Milan and Athens next”

“And ill you be leaving?”

“In the —”

“But you can’t” She pressed her lips together as though regretting the outburst

“Why not?”

“Because you still have to file a report with the police There’s the theft andand you’re an eyewitness They’ll probably want you to testify”

She had a point And as much as he would like to fly off into the sunset, he wouldn’t shirk his duty “You know, the only reason I walked away is because you said you weren’t going to press charges so I figured there was no reason for me to stick around”

“I was truly considering it, but the policeman convinced me it wouldn’t be in anyone’s best interest So it looks like you’ll be hanging around Mirraccino a bit longer And I would love to show you more of this beautiful land”

How much more was there to see? And did she really think another day of playing tourist was really going to change his mind?