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It was too soon Tooabout his not knowing that she wasn’t who or what he thought she was There never seeood time to tell him

So, she refused

But she would stay on weekends

Which hy the weekends onderful

They walked the char old streets of Soho, explored Central Park They went to the Bronx Zoo and ate cotton candy and hot dogs; they went to the h a chick flick, but he knew better than to call it that

Then Sunday would coh her toothbrush was in his bathroo room

It made Marco crazy

As if that weren’t enough, she wouldn’t go to the office with him Charles drove hi in reverse at the end of the day

What would people think, she said, if they saw theether?

That they were lovers, Marco thought, and cursed hi told her that business was business and pleasure was pleasure and the two didn’t mix It turned out that they did mix In was, in fact, a perfect combination

After several weeks, he decided to take things into his own hands

He left his office Charles aiting Normally, they’d have driven ho the subway took er, especially at that hour

But Marco, being Marco, had developed a plan

Charles was an important part of it

“Are you positive this ork?” he asked Marco raised an eyebrow Charles held his ground “Are you positive this ork, sir?” he said