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Then the noises stopped

He had left the boat

A reprieve?

The heat was terrible She was sure her air was alen was getting in to her somehow The boards et beneath her The whole place stank of fish

She was going to sht

Then a prayer rushed into her heart No, no, I didn’t mean it I will survive I will Don’t let hiood idea?" Genevieve asked, settling into the passenger seat of his car "I ht now?"

He set his hand on hers where it lay on her lap "I know you’re worried sick about Audrey, and with all that’s been going on, you have good reason But everyone is out looking for her I don’t even begin to knohere to start It makes sense to take a trip to Miami Marshall wasn’t checked into the hotel his call came from When I met with him to set up this dive, we ht ould do soht and rent a boat tomorrow We can search the yacht clubs, marinas and ays for his boat"

She nodded "That’s very logical But by now, haven’t the local police notified their associates up there? Aren’t they on the lookout?"

"He’s probably not at a public ed "But you can be certain law enforce this as a serious situation I’ot their hands full with local crirown man who ht," she admitted, then looked at hi you just wanted to get the hell out of Key West," she teased

"That, too," he adone twenty-four hours Okay?"

She nodded

"You feel all right?" he asked

She laughed out loud "Do youin and out of another lifetih the rearview mirror

He also checked out his back seat

It see, so they stopped in Plantation Key for dinner, then ht, and by the time they reached Miami, it ell past rush hour

They checked into the Mayfair in Coconut Grove Thor was in a hurry to go out, but Genevieve insisted that if they were hitting the clubs on South Beach, she had to shower and change

Thor wound up joining her in the shower And then they wound up slick and soapy and together

Slick, soapy, and flesh to flesh, stea all around thee king-size bed just beyond

The bed wound up da what it was about one particular woman that could make the rest of the world fade away Sex, yes The rise of excite so small as a smile, a touch…

A body, slick and soapy

And still…

It was her Everything about her Her eyes, her sainst his Little things he knew she would do The way the palainst his buttocks, the way her lips felt on his, the way she teased with just the tip of her tongue…

The heat that exuded from her body, the very scent of her so unique…

Later, as he lay looking at the ceiling, he kneas in love with her Thor would accept anything in the world if…

But…ghosts?

There seeers played across his chest for a"It’s a good thing that priht," she murmured

He leapt up "Shower first--don’t cohed But she waited dutifully until he was out Then she rushed in