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“Don’t you?”

“Why, no” There was a faint sleam to her eyes “When you love someone, you have to be with them, don’t you? To be part of their life, to have thee With anyone”

“Was Mr Ha for that with her?”

“I don’t know If he was, he was happy enough to let their relationship drift I’h I’m here at all”

Because she needed Mirina to hold off on the float a bit longer, Eve rose to request water frolass back, she pushed it into Mirina’s hands

“Did that relationship cause problems between him and your father? Between your mother and father?”

“Itard, but not uncoain She was sleepy now, so relaxed she could have folded her are and slipped away “That sounds contradictory You’d have to know my father He would refuse to let it bother him, or at least to let it affect hie”

She blinked down at the glass in her hand as if she’d just realized it was there, and took a delicate sip “I don’t kno he ht have felt if they had decided to marry, but well, that isn’t an issue now”

“Are you involved in your father’s business, Ms Angelini?”

“In the fashion ar for the shops in Rome and Milan, have the final say as to what’s exported to our shops in Paris and New York and so forth Travel a bit to attend shows, though I don’t careoff planet, don’t you?”

Eve realized she was losing her “I haven’t done it”

“Oh, it’s horrid Randy likes it Says it’s an adventure What was I saying?” She pushed a hand through her lovely golden hair, and Eve rescued the glass before it could tu I like to buy clothes Other aspects of the business never interested me”

“Your parents and Mr Hammett were all stockholders in a company called Mercury”

“Of course We use Mercury exclusively for our shipping needs” Her eyelids drooped “It’s fast, dependable”

“There were no problems that you know of, in that or any other of your fas?”