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He nodded “Yeah, she ran a place for girls in trouble For a very long time Think about it Up here on the mountain it’s private, and she had the house all to herself It was the perfect location”

“But why? Why that particular kind of house?”

He lifted one shoulder “Who knows? All I’ve heard is that it was all extreht know more is Art Ellis He worked here back then”

“We’ve ”

Tohed “He’s a terrible flirt”

“Don’t knock Art He recommended you”

He watched as Abby went fro into the open doors at the contents inside “Before or after you called me?” he asked

She looked over at him, her face blank with innocence “After Does it matter?”

Tolad she’d decided to ask hi to Art She’d come to him on her own “Not really,” he lied

“What on earth a to do with all this space?” She spread her ar when she did that, like a little girl inside a toy shop, wondering what to play with first

“It’s a lot of house for one person,” he confirmed

She dropped her ar bills alone must be astronomical”

“It would have been colder up here in winter Hotter in suiven a bit of a cross-draft for relief” He forced himself back to business “There’s not a lot of rooht be able to blow soy efficient”

She looked up at hi the open area in the middle that seemed to foraammon and decks of cards Downstairs is so formal This is the kind of place you could let your hair down and hang out with your girlfriends”

“Would you want to fix it up, too?”