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“Six, actually, six” Nadine lifted a hand, rubbed her fingers over her esture Eve had never seen hertheir makeup

“I said one thing led to another,” she continued, “but it led there romantically We didn’t just jump into bed We dated for a couple of weeks Quiet dinners, theater, walks, parties Then he asked o aith him for the weekend, to Paris”

This time Nadine simply dropped her head in her hands “Oh Jesus Jesus, Dallas?

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“You fell for him”

“Oh yeah I fell for hione, stupid in love with the son of a bitch We were together for three e, kids, the house in the country The whole ball”

Eve shifted in her seat Emotional declarations always s didn’t work out”

Nadine stared for a h “Yeah, you could say things didn’t work out I found out he o-tiossip report right before I went on air, and there was Richard cuddled up with so-breasted blonde at some swank club uptown When I confronted him about it, he just smiled and said he enjoyed women So what?

“So what,” she murmured “The fucker broke my heart and didn’t have the decency to lie to me He even talked me back into bed I’m ashamed of that I let him talk me back into bed, and when I was still wet from him, he takes a call fro there naked”

“How long was he hospitalized?”

Nadine ed a weak smile “There’s the pity I cried I sat there in his bed and cried like a baby”

“Okay, I’o”

“I saw hiht he was killed”

“Oh hell, Nadine”

“He called me”