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There were a few seconds of silence, and then Cooper’s warm voice slid over her “That’s my other superpower”

She chanced a look into his eyes and saw so that startled her It wasn’t just sye He’d known pain

“What’s that, exactly?”

“Knohen to cut and run”

Morgan stepped back and, with a small wave, headed into the house Already her cell phone was buzzing, the ringtone “Born in the USA” It was Hank He’d spied her on the way out, but she’d pretended not to notice She’d deal with him later

That was her superpower Avoidance

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Isabel Si like a tornado She arrived two days early, enough Louis Vuitton luggage in tow to suggest at least a month’s stay She’d taken exactly three steps inside Maverick’s hoies kicked in, which meant that Stanley needed to stay elsewhere Hence the reason the dog was camped out at Cooper’s

Cooper didn’ttracked mud all over the place, shed like a son of a bitch, and liked to chew things Expensive things He’d been at Cooper’s going on three days and had already ed to ruin two pairs of runners and his old work boots The work boots he didn’t mind so much, but the runners? Hell, he’d have to drive an hour to the city to replace them

The dog was lucky it was cute, because Cooper was sorely te of fur into the ocean

“My luck, he’d swim back and track ocean crap all over the place” He’d just locked Stanley in his cage after taking hi walk and watched the puppy flop down onto his bright blue bed Clearly exhausted, Stanley didn’t bother to whine, as was his custolance at the chew toy or the… Wait Was that one of Cooper’s socks?

“Unbelievable” Cooper stood back and stared down at the already sleeping pup The water dish was full, and he’d tossed in a bone He slid his hand inside and retrieved the shredded sock Last thing he wanted was a trip to the vet’s

Stanley would be fine

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as Thursday, and even though he’d been conned into hosting Good Friday fish night, he hadn’t seen his er Just this , she’d threatened to coet any work done with Isabel poking in his business? Maybe once the attic was finished, but by the looks of it, it would take Morgan a few more weeks