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His eyes cut away, and he taps on the keyboard, shutting down all the apps “Do you talk to her much?”

“Almost every day, why?”

He gives me what can only be described as a sad smile “If she ever asks, tell her I said hi”

Sing the knot in my throat, I want to ask him how he knows her I want to ask him if he knohy she left I feel like one of those archaeologists who’s just uncovered the fingernail of an ancient dinosaur skeleton

“Were you friends?”

His jaw moves, and I watch as this handsome, deeply troubled man searches for an answer “I think so” He clears his throat “I’ well”

“She’s just down in Savannah I think she’s really happy there”

He nods and heads for the door, leaving me with a million questions

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Three hours of sch hands, and Abu Dhabi is in the bag I’o back to Stephen Hastings and slide his UAE requirement under his cynical nose It would only be sweeter if we didn’t need him

“Did you get anything to eat?” Taron has the contracts in hand, and Raquel is boxing up the few items of food left

He ate uests, who arrived in an entourage of three CEOs and several bodyguards Raquel and I were the only ones not eating I was bidingto happen Raquel was running aroundsure no one’s cups or plates were empty

“I’ll get soht as Taron passes me the contracts to put in the safe

“You never got that hot chicken you wanted” I guess my satisfact