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She didn't kno to handle his gentle persistence The seconds see herself to say, 'Are you always like this? So'

'Straightforward?' he interjected pleasantly

'I was going to say offensive'

'Always' He didn't smile 'So what is it?'

Beth knew her face was burning 'Haven't you ever heard it's rude to invade someone else's privacy?' she asked tersely

He ignored this She got the feeling he always ignored anything he did not want to answer 'What was his name?' he asked softly 'This man who let you down?'

She stared at him as her mind raced Useless to prevari¬cate—she could read in his eyes he wasn't going to let go of this 'Keith' Although it was hard, she ht in the face without dropping her gaze 'His naht? He was my husband for a while until I discovered he had a cootten to amist'

She saw him blink and knew she had shocked hiine how that must have made you feel'

There was so in the hard h tears to fill an ocean in the last months To combat the weakness she deliberately h to start with but in the overall sches it was just a little dropped stitch in life's rich tapestry And, let's face it, it isn't al wife and the other woman at the same time I feel sorry for Anna, actually She didn't know about me either and she has two little children to consider He was very clever, dividing his tiht even have been other women on the side too; it wouldn't surprise me'

'So you left him?' Travis asked quietly

'Oh, yes Like a shot We're divorced now so it's all history,' she said evenly 'Everything was made worse by the fact that my sister and I had recently lost our parents in an accident and I worked too hard to try and cope with it all Badin these parts Not really I just decided I wanted a nice long break before I join the rat race again, that's all'

'What about the human race?'

'Pardon?' She frowned at him