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"Good Lord, no I' chicken, Katherine I've been around the block a few ti woo" He grinned

"Pitching woo," I said and smiled I exhaled, s just can't work out between us"

"I thought you tere so right for each other," he said "That's why I invited him to the concert Why, I've been told by wos that he's very attractive" He wagged his eyebrows at me and smiled "I could tell he was attracted to you at the dinner party, the way he kept following you around like a dog after a bone When ere at the health club, he raved to , especially your piece on Africa You kno i you out of your shell Lighten you up a bit You've been a bit reclusive since your mother passed and since that business after Africa"

That business after Africa My father couldn't admit that I developed clinical depression

"Kurt was obviously a jerk, but I though Drake wasConfident Competent"

"You werefor me, Daddy?"

He sood on your own I wanted you and Drake to meet for quite some time, but you've been so reclusive and Dawn isn't ?"

I laughed, in spite ofjust a bit "She volunteered in India with Mother Theresa's charity She's trying to set me up, too"

"The Greg fellow? He was a bust"

"Daddy! He was a nice young man He just finished his MFA…"

"Extre his head "Not your type"

I frowned and examined him closely "What is my type?"

He picked up his glass of scotch and took a sip "Soht so, which is why I encouraged it"

Soan…

I sat there, frowning to myself, surprised at this turn of events