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Roarke ran his hands down Eve's ar, Peabody Coffee?"

"Um, yeah Thanks Uh … it's

pretty cold out"

"Really?" Roarke said as Eve moved back toward her desk

"Yeah, it's not supposed to get up to freezing We et some snow flurries this afternoon"

"What are you, the National Weather Service?" Eve deood look at her aide Peabody's face was flushed, her eyes soft, her hands busily plucking at her brass buttons "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing Thanks," she said when Roarke brought her a cup of coffee

"You're welcome I'll leave you to work"

When he walked through the adjoining doorway and closed it off, Peabody sighed "I don't kno you can remember your name when he looks at you the way he does"

"If I forget it, he reminds me"

Though she heard the wry humor in Eve's voice, Peabody stepped closer "What's it like?"

"What?" Glancing up, Eve caught the intensity in her aide's eyes and shrugged uncoot work here"

"Isn't that what it's about?" Peabody interrupted "Isn't what you've got what those to for?"

Eve opened herdoors, saw that Roarke had closed theed locks on either side "It's more than you think it can be," she heard herself say "It changes everything, and fixes everything thatto be the same, and maybe part of you is always afraid of ill happen if but he's always going to be there All you have to do is reach out, and he's going to be there"

Surprised at herself, she slipped her hands into her pockets "Can you find that by pu it run personality and lifestyle ht it orth a try Pull up a chair, Peabody, and we'll see e've got"