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“But she told you”

Gabrielle cocked her head “Maybe In a roundabout way”

The wo him Not Missy—probably short for Melissa—Bolin

“I’m here to help you collect inforainst your father and thus ht affect you,” she told him “Your personal business is your own”

Yes But he didn’t want it to be He wanted her to share it with him All of it Down to the soap he used in the shower

The thought brought hih he wasn’t proud of hiuys sometimes did He went on the attack

“Why don’t you date?” he asked her

“Funny question from a ladies’ man who hasn’t been on a date in weeks”

“I just broke up with Jenna” And she knehy he had

“I’d expect you to be playing the entire field at this point You used to flirt all the time when you were out with Marie and me”

His past behavior had earned him the comment

“Jenna would be hu seen with other wo her”

Even though, on that last night, she’d begged him to break up with her She’d met so the appropriate a him publicly

“Anyway, quit trying to divert a question by putting it back onto do with the fact that you haven’t been out in et herself hitched, it would deci up between the that she was the only woman alive

“It’s been about two months” Her dry reply didn’t thrill him