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“Enough talking about ancient history,” she dis to do e get to Southern California”

He shot her a look that said he was doing her a favor but would be returning to the subject later Fine Lara kne to dodge with the best of them

“When we get to Southern California?” heto have sex Lots and lots of crazy, wild sex”

Sounded good to her

10

WHAT A MONTH

Teeks ago, she hadn’t known Dominic Castillo existed

Now she was sitting on a hotel terrace overlooking the Pacific Ocean, sipping coffee and debating her newfound attitude and how she felt about it

Southern California’soff on her Two days after arriving, he’d gone back on duty, but they still spent every night together, had gone sightseeing and spent glorious hours on the beach Who knew she was crazy about the ocean? With Do the day, she had plenty of tihts were for wild sex, long walks on the beach and soulful talks She figured the wild sex balanced out the cheesiness of the other two

When Flo had called to reluctantly inforhed

Nibbling a strawberry, the sweetly tart juice exploding on her tongue, Lara watched the tiny surfers from afar

Her landlord had left a e with Flo that she was evicted Apparently he hadn’t found a body in her apart her deposit but throwing away her belongings No biggie, since Lara didn’t figure they could scrape together enough of that

So she was jobless and homeless

And she was oddly fine with that It was as though a huge weight of obligation was gone Of course, she had very little raduated Since the internship paid jack, she’d have to find some way to cover the bills But she couldn’t quite work up enough energy to worry

Lara’s easy mood dimmed

She was a little worried for her brother Dominic had assured her over and over that Phillip was fine, that she just had to lay low a little longer while the tea about the guyof him daily She could chalk that up to the situation After all, it was because of him that she was here on this very balcony