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"No, it's all right I'm over it"

"How do you get over a ? Did your father remarry?"

"No," Drake said "He never did He travelled so much, he just kept the proverbial woman in every port I had a succession of nannies and housekeepers to look after me"

I sighed This was really stupid Even I had to ad a nice conversation, even if now and then, I got the sense he was amused by me

"You shouldn't have come here," I said "It's very forward"

"I didn’t want anybetween us, Kate, and I don't want your father to find out about me I admire your father and value his friendship He's like a second father to"I heard so et to know you better"

I ignored that "You think I would ever tell my father about you? I'd have to tell him how I found out about your, you know Kink No way"

"Kate, why don't you letout here and need some water"

"There's no reason to talk," I said and took in a breath "I' to talk about"

"I'd like to hear about Mangaize," he said "I was in Africa last year but never went to the cao"

"In case you forgot, you warned me off you"

There was a pause "Oh, da for a moment "Can I take it back?"

"Nope My father always said that if a ood for you, you should believe him"

"Your father is a very smart man"

I heard hih heavily It hed like that had regrets for the bad things they'd done They want to be good