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'Your aunt onder what you're doing in here,' Sian said desperately, pushing his hand away as it strayed lower and his fingertips softly trailed over her half-covered breast

'My aunt has gone to bed' He bent closer and his lips touched the curve of her shoulder; it wasn't so one alasp and, on a reflex action, close her eyes

'Don't!' she whispered, tre

'You're quite a puzzle, Sian,' he said 'Brisk career girl one irl and acting as though you'd never been kissed in your life! Every ti to know you, you pull another surprise on me—another rabbit comes out of the hat! I can see I won't be bored while you're around'

Sian hid her smile, her head turned aside 'I don't say I' so that I can get some sleep?'

He laughed softly 'Sometimes there's a touch of the cat about you, too! Quite a complex mixture, in fact'

'Goodnight,' Sian insisted, and he got up, the bed springsprotest

'Goodnight, Sian,' he said, and bent quickly before she had warning of his intention Histentative about the kiss, it was given with coer Sian heard him collect the tray from the floor where she had placed it before he had co quietly

She opened her eyes and the room seemed lonely, far too empty She threw several pillows to the end of the bed and turned out the light before lying doith just one pillow under her head Cass had said she was a puzzle, but he was just as bewildering to her She wished she kne he really felt about Annette Why had he asked her tothe white sports car, or was he covering up for someone else?

Sian had picked up hints, clues—she suspected it dalena have forced her off the road, then driven on deliberately, leaving her in the ditch?

What grievance did Magdalena have against her? Presumably the same one Cass had—that she had helped Annette, then printed the story in the newspaper she worked for! Sian could understand why Cass e about that, and even understood that his sister could be very upset too, but surely Magdalena couldn't be angry enough to risk killing a total stranger? If Sian went to the police, Magdalena would be charged with hit-and-run driving, and face a stiff penalty Would she have been so stupid? Come to that, of course, the saly hard to belie

ve he would have left her It wasn't in character

She slept very late next day, and only woke up when haarden At first, Sian wove the noise into her dreams and made it the crash of her heart in panic as she ran froht her head was thudding as it had just after the accident It was only when she opened her eyes and saw the strange room that she fully surfaced to remember where she was and what had happened She lay there, staring around, one hand going up to her forehead to finger the bandage Her head no longer hurt She felt quite normal—except that she was saturated with sleep, heavy and stupid with it She had been dreae dreams littered her memory, but when she tried to make sense of them she failed

Cass had been in them That much she was sure about Cass had been in them all!

She pushed that aside hurriedly; she didn't want to think about Cass Getting slowly out of bed, she stretched, lazy as a cat, then went to thePulling the curtain aside, she warily peered out, but there was no sign of Cass or any of his faers, workarees, in shirt-sleeves and jeans They were putting up a giant green canvas tent on the billiard-table s ca the tent-pegs into the ground, wielding a ha as himself