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Taking the stairs in case the elevator stopped on the second floor and Gabi happened to have her door open, he showed up at the coffeehouse just after Marie had closed for the night He helped clean up So he’d done a time or two before She didn’t ask him why he was there

Or act as though anything was amiss

They worked She sent her ehts out front And carried the cash drawer back to the office, where she’d count the day’s inco that would lock automatically and drop it into the safe under a brick behind her desk

Only a key at the bank would open the bag Liam knew all the secrets

“Talk to me,” she said before she’d counted a cent

He nodded toward the cash on her desk “Count”

“You take the twenties” She pushed them in his direction

He counted So did she Fifteen minutes later even that as done And he was

still there

“Gabi doesn’t know I’m down here”

“Duh, Connelly I wasn’t born yesterday You’d be upstairs, snagging whatever she’sfor dinner if whatever you have to say was for both of us”

“You don’t seem shocked”

“By what?”

“That I’”

“I’ve got eyes”