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“When this is over, I’rabbed two tissues from the box near the sink on his way back to the table

The look of horror on Rachel’s face was priceless “Why on earth would I want to do that?”

“So you don’t starve to death if the Savoy stops delivering?”

“But wouldn’t you cook for me?”

Harvard almost tripped over his own feet It was the first tiether, and apparently it was one where she expected him to cook

“Yeah,” he said, his voice softening “I’ll make sure you’re well-fed”

She stuck her chin in the air “See? No need for lessons Now, let’s get this over with before the hordes arrive”

Holding the envelope with a tissue, to preserve any prints that ht still be on it, Harvard sliced across the top before turning it upside down and e its contents onto the table

A thumb drive fell out

“No photos,” Rachel ital Do you think that’s what they’ve done? Scanned the photos so they can keep the them to me? I mean, they must have a limited supply They are Polaroids after all”

“Don’t know,” Harvard said, but that bad feeling that had saved his life on several occasions was back and blaring at hiets here She can plug it into so that won’t be destroyed if it’s infected”

“Michael” The way she said his nahten It was intimate Personal Just for the two of the to protect me, but I have to see what’s on there when there’s no one around to witness my reaction”

“Rachel, I’m here”

For a second, she seemed confused “But you don’t count”

The nitude of that simple statement stole his ability to breathe Because it h to let him see her vulnerable To Rachel, he was an insider Possibly the only one she had