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“Jane—the girl who called in sick—decided she suddenly felt better and showed up” Cassie grinned and tucked a strand of jet-black hair behind her ear “Actually I think she heard that Prince Ah, tipper”

“Well, that’s nice Not that he tips big I mean, it’s nice she decided to work You certainly didn’t want to work a double shift”

“No” Cassie leaned forward, delicately removed a uy A Frenchman”

Dawn laughed Cassie’s tastes in food inevitably reflected her love life “I never would have guessed”

“He’s tall, dark and gorgeous”

“Mmm”

“`Mnifique is for handsome, loaded Frenchmen”

“It’s for pizza, too, according to what you said two o”

“You’re too picky for your own good, you know that?” Cassie sat back and crossed her legs “So, are you gonna tell s went today?”

“They went fine” Dawn scooped up a gooey blob of cheese and sucked it off the tip of her finger “Well, h moments but all in all, I think it was okay Jean said so, anyway”

“And your car?”

“All fixed So called a ballast resistor and some other stuff had to be replaced”

“Great” Cassie raised an eyebrow “I heard that a knight in shining armor came to your rescue”

Dawn looked up, blushed, and looked down again “You heard wrong It’s too hot to wear aras”

“I also heard he was gorgeous, and that he was riding a black horse”