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“That’s the way it has to be,” Dallas stated firmly and abruptly laid the towel aside “I’ll take care of the rest of these dishes in theMy last test is to for it”

Quint didn’t try to stop her There wasn’t any reason to try Everything had already been said Yet he sensed that nothing had changed

How could it when he hadn’t forgotten the feel of her warhtly to him?

That line had been crossed, and the memory of it would always be there to remind them of it every time they were in each other’s company

Chapter Ten

Quint awoke to the s It took hier the only one in the house A check of the clock on the bedside table showed it would be another fiveover, he switched it off and rolled out of bed

Realizing that the days of padding to the bathrooed on a pair of jeans before heading down the hall The da on the bathroom rack indicated he was far from the first one in there, and the tepid te from the shower nozzle confired into a clean set of clothes

When he entered the kitchen, E into a plate of bacon and eggs Dallas stood by the stove, a spatula in hand and so in the skillet before her

“You two are early risers,” Quint reht to the coffeepot

“Habit,” Empty said just before he shoveled in another

“How do you like your eggs?” Dallas asked

“I don’t know I’ve never had the,” Quint told her “I don’t usually sit down to breakfast until after thechores are done”

“I have two here that are over easy,” she told hi to the skillet

“You eat them,” he said “I’ll fix my own after I’ve had this cup of coffee”

Taking his out of the skillet and onto a plate, then carried it to the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down As she reached for the salt and pepper shakers, she glanced at her grandfather