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“Uh-uh Not at the hospital”

“Won’t Carrie find it odd if I go to dinner with you unexpectedly?”

Matthew stared at the wohts of holding her, of waking with her next to hi bed had just felt wrong Not that he hadn’t understood why she wanted to stay at the hospital to keep close tabs on the Harris baby

That had been last night Tonight, she could go home

He’d coo to dinner Stubborn woman had refused earlier when he’d asked, just as she had the previous two evenings, and it see to that trend

“Why would she find it odd?” he asked, not understanding her line of thought Carrie liked Natalie

“Maybe she’d prefer to spend ti away from you all weekend”

Elaine hadn’t brought Carrie hoone for just over an hour when his sister had pulled into the drive He hadn’t wanted her to go, but from the point his sister called to say she’d be headed that way in an hour or so, Natalie had becouarded and had quickly left

“Over spending ti totime with you wouldn’t bother her She’d like it”

Natalie didn’t look convinced “Before was different because I wasn’t having sex with you It didn’tshe doesn’t like me so you have a reason to end this now?”

She was right What Carrie thought did matter A lot

“You know I don’t want to end this, and Carrie already likes you,” he reminded her “Do you not want to have dinner with me, Natalie?”

“I do want to have dinner with you It’s just”

“I have Carrie,” he guessed She wasn’t saying no because of hireat tiether at the hospital in complete harmony Why would she hesitate to spend time with him because of Carrie?