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He laughed It transformed his face, made hi to get Tully to do all that for months "

"I didnt mean—"

"Dont worry You didnt get your friend in trouble Believe me, I knohat to expect from Tully "

"Whats that?"

"Passion," he said si the empty sandrapper into the Styrofoam soup cup

Kate almost flinched at the way he said it, and she knew suddenly that she was in trouble No matter how often she reminded herself that he was her boss, it didnt matter In the end, what mattered was how she felt when she was near him

Falling There was no other word to describe it

And yet, for the rest of the day, as she answered the phones and filed papers, she replayed in her head that last htforay hed answered her question about Tully: passion

Mostly she remembered the way hed smiled in admiration when hed said it

CHAPTER TWELVE

The suraduation caine She and Kate found a cheap 1960s-style apartreat location—above the Pike Place Market They brought in furniture from Grans house and filled the kitchen with forty-year-old Revereware pots and Spode china On the walls, they tacked up favorite posters and put pictures of themselves on all the end tables Mrs Mularkey had surprised theive the place a homey feel, she said

The neighborhood created their lifestyle They ithin walking distance of several bars—their favorites were the Athenian inside the Market, and the sinia Inn on the corner At six oclock in theof horns, they walked across the street for lattes froht croissants from La Panier, a French bakery

As working single girls, they fell into an easy routine Eachthey went out for breakfast, sat at ironwork tables on the sidewalk, and read the various papers that they collected The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Seattle Tiencer became their bibles When they were done, they drove to the office, where every day they learned so new about the business of TV news, and after work, they changed into glittery big shoulder-padded tunics and peg-legged pants and went to one of the ht they could listen to punk rock, neave, rock n roll, or pop—whatever they felt like

And since Tully didnt have to hide Chads existence anymore, he often took both Katie and her out, and they had a blast

It was everything she and Kate had dreao on the dark banks of the Pilchuck River, and Tully loved every minute of it