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“No Of course not Keir—Mr O’Connell was very nice about—”
Hell, Gray thought, and took pity on her “I’m sure he was,” he said, and stuck out his hand “I think it’s time we introduced ourselves I’m Gray Baron And you are…?”
She looked from his face to his hand He had to stop hiers for spots of soot but, finally, she made the decision
“Hello” She put down the papers and clasped his outstretched hand Her fingers were cool; he thought maybe they even trembled a little…and then, suddenly he was the one who needed a lifeline because now that she didn’t have the papers clasped against her, he saw the naht crazily, as if that old
“I’m Dawn,” she said, when he raised shocked eyes to hers “Dawn Carter”
Mary Elizabeth O’Connell watched her son pace fro rooain He’d been pacing ever since he’d entered her penthouse suite a few o
“Mother,” he’d said, and kissed her cheek, “I thought I’d drop by to say hello”
Mary didn’t buy that for a minute Keir never visited her this early in the day Her eldest son was a man who enjoyed the stability of routine He always spent the first hours of the working day strolling through the hotel and the casino, greeting guests and staff andsmoothly That had been his pattern ever since his father’s death six years ago, when Keir ca He’d only varied it when she’d been ill
He ht be thirty-five but she could still read him like he was eleven and crazy to be the next star center on the Chicago Bulls Keir had soht out had gotten her nowhere Well, she should have figured that He’d never been one to spill his concerns in anybody’s lap
“Is there a problem?” she’d said, when she’d opened the door to his familiar knock
“Must there be a problem for a son to pay his mother a visit?” he’d replied, and flashed a smile
Mary pursed her lips For a man who had no problem, her eldest son certainly seeh the carpet He wasn’t talkative, either Except for saying yes, he’d like soly suspected that had been out of politeness, not desire—Keir hadn’t spoken another word
Tiht, and cleared her throat “Keir?”
“Hmm?”
“You should have told me you disliked Kelim carpets”