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Sometimes, it was harmless

So to make it on your own

That had been her experience, anyway

Co East had meant a new start

Here, she’d iined that Wilde would just be a naeneral, the kid sister of three aly successful brothers She wouldn’t be one of the three Wilde girls, certainly not the one as having thein those almost-impossible-to-fill footprints

She wouldn’t be one of the wealthy Wildes—she’d simply be herself

What a foolish dream!

Her very first interview had been for a fancy-sounding position at a private museum: Assistant to the Curator for Pre-Coluan, she’d realized the job title should have been Gofer for the Pre-Columbian Art department but she’d been cool with that because you had to start a career somewhere

Things had gone well until the curator took a second look at her résumé

“You’re fro smile had spread over his face at her reluctant nod “Small world, isn’t it? I worked at the Dallas Museuo I have some investments with your brother, Travis Well, that makes me feel a lot better”

At first, she hadn’t understood Then he told her what her salary would be She couldn’t have bought groceries with it, let alone pay for a roof over her head

“I can’t live on that,” she’d said politely

“That’s what I rand joke “You won’t have to You’re a Wilde!”

Not two nights later, she’d gone to dinner with a nice enough guy who’d taken her out a couple of ti, out of the clear blue sky, he asked her where she was from

Without thinking, she’d said she was fro