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What he needed was another plan

Big steps required big plans Part A and Part B, the first to take care of the nonsense about not letting people know about them, and the second…

The second involved a stop at Tiffany’s

Dio!

He took a deep breath Exhaled Took another Exhaled again Then he reached for the intercom and called Emily

“I’ht Tidy up some loose ends”

“That’s fine Just tell me what files we’ll need and—”

“No, you go on I’ll tell Charles to rab a taxi later”

Silence He almost smiled He had confused her That had been his intention He’d just done ahat had becoe, they rode together in the Mercedes, but Charles dropped her off a couple of blocks from the office They picked her up at the sa

At least she wasn’t experiencing the joys of the subway system anymore

Now, tonight, Marco was telling her that he was sending her home alone

“Are you sure?” she asked “Because I don’t ”

“Positive Is that OK?”

“OK,” she said, and, rat that he was, it pleased the hell out of him that she sounded not just confused but unhappy at the prospect of not being with him

Promptly at 6 pm she knocked politely at his door, then opened it He looked up fro to read