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She s just that The other half of the business is woners who haven’t been discovered yet Isabel offered e of the business to be paid out over several years While I appreciate that, I’ in part of my salary to increase my ownership”

She wrinkled her nose “Which is way more than you wanted to know Sorry”

“Don’t apologize It’s interesting You’re ambitious”

“In my tiny way, yes I also want to earn my way in”

He liked that Too iven to them He could appreciate that quirks of fate and just plain du He was proof of that

“That’s why I’,” she added “It’s a chance to learn so new”

Madeline couldn’t tell if she sounded reasonably intelligent or had been reduced to babbling Being this close to Jonny Blaze was still difficult Froht But when he was just on the other side of her ss on its mind

It wasn’t just that he was good-looking In reality Fool’s Gold hadaround But he was different She didn’t know if it was theor a personality flahat Her friend Felicia had once talked about the sociological aspects of hierarchy in the village Soest head

No, that wasn’t right Theabout a big head Anyway, she would need to go talk to Felicia and get it figured out She was pretty sure the theory would help her act more normal around Jonny Blaze

Now she forced herself to remember why he was here—which wasn’t to fill her afternoon with eye-candy anize and she was responsible for that

“I spoke to Ginger,” she said

“She mentioned that She liked you”

The unexpected comment momentarily flustered her “I liked her, too She’s really nice And excited about the wedding” Also dealing with school and the holidays and everything else Just listening to all Ginger had going on had exhausted Madeline “Iour call She confir She wants a suest list is forty-four people and she swears it’s not going to get any bigger”