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“He is ets first shot To think he would turn into a man ould seduce a woman, convince her to be his mistress—”

“We seduced each other,” Emily said

Caleb shut his eyes “Em We don’t need details”

“But it’s true” She stepped out of her brother’s arms, took her napkin from the table and blew her nose in it “I wanted to sleep with Marco”

Jake grih his hair

“And I wasn’t his mistress I worked for hiood at iti less”

“I didn’t,” Jake said “We didn’t It’s just that—”

“When Laurel and I walked into that apartment and saw you, ere shocked I had no idea—”

“I’ht here to tell my brothers what a—a fallen woman I’d become”

Khan rubbed his face with his hands

“I had no wish to do that Even when I realized that we had walked in just as Santini was ending your—your relationship I told you, I would not have spoken of it but for what happened here today, what your family told me of your distress”

“I a it” One lie out of two Considering her average, that wasn’t bad

“Ee He was in theyou that it was over when Laurel and I arrived”

“You’re wrong Everything was fine until you showed up”

“Great!” Travis shook his head, paced to the stove, then paced back “It’s your fault the SOB dumped her”