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There had been a tied his schedule and done so But in the past year it had beco to leave home, even for the short term

He had, he thought with some amusement at himself, become rooted

He stopped by Eve’s office on the way to his oas mildly surprised not to find her there, neck deep in her current case Curiosity had hi to the house scanner

“Where is Eve?”

Eve is currently in Lounging Roo

“What the hell is she doing in there?”

Would you like to engage monitor?

“No, I’ll go see for myself”

He’d never known her to loiter in that area of the house The fact was, he’d never known her to lounge unless he nagged, seduced, or conned her into it

It occurred to hiether with a bottle of wine, and shake their respective days from their minds

He’d have to talk her into it

Thinking this, he walked into the rooht one of the rare asted

The roorance of them waltzed with the tender perfuleas wept in the air

In the midst of it, Eve stood in an alarm-red dress that left her ar, sliry hands

Her face was flushed, her eyes bright with concentration, as she twisted the wire on a bottle of chane