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“I should be able to spare a few hours Thing is, instead of paying me for the time do you think I could take one of the pies with me?”

Peggy looked slightly surprised but she nodded “You can take one I’ll pay you for your ti for pie?”

More like she thought she owed so

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Aspen pulled up outside the club in her car It didn’t evennoise as she turned around corners She shuddered to think what itShe just hoped that Saxon didn’t want his money back quickly

She climbed out and a wave of dizziness hit her Her whole body ached What she wouldn’t do for a hot bath and a beer She s half a dozen pies after working a shift at the diner hty than twenty-two

She grabbed the box holding the pie and walked to the door, pressing her finger down on the buzzer

Curiosity tugged at her as she stood there If she hadn’t thought it would coht just have taken him up on his offer of a tour

The door opened, but instead of Saxon, a thin, gray-haired man stood there He had to be in his early sixties but he stood straight as an arrow, dressed in a dark shirt and pants that were neatly pressed He looked down his nose at her “Yes?”

Maybe she was only i the hostility in his voice

“Um, hi, is Saxon here?”

“No”

That was it Just no She cleared her throat and held up the box with the pie in it “I brought this for him”

Did the other ht, so she looked like a hot mess, it wasn’t an excuse to be a jerk to her “It’s a pie,” she added lamely

“Mr Saxon doesn’t eat desserts”