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He tucked his hands into the pockets of his overalls and walked away No need to rush things, not now that it was all falling into place A ht to enjoy his rewards, and he fully intended to do exactly that

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CASSIE dug into her chicken salad, swigged down a mouthful of iced tea, looked across the table at Dawn and decided she’d never find out as happening between her friend and Gray Baron if she went on being subtle

For days now, ever since Dawn had ads like, “How’re things going?” “Is the guy as nice as he seeas?” In response to which Dawn, big talker that she was, said, “Fine,” “Yes,” and, even more succinctly, “I don’t know”

Cassie took another forkful of salad It was obviously time for a more direct approach

“So,” she said, “are you sleeping with him yet?”

Dawn choked on her grilled cheese, coughed and held up a hand while she gulped down some water

“Askpersonal, why don’t you?” she said, when she could talk

Cassie grinned “You know me Damn the torpedoes Full speed ahead Fire when you see the whites of their eyes”

“It’s don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”

“Either way it’s the saht, on the phone, but I didn’t I figured I’d wait until I could look right at you and know if you were giving me a truthful answer or not”

“Why should I give you any answer?” Dawn said reasonably

“Because I’m your best friend?”

“You are, yes, but that doesn’t mean—”