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supper?тАЭ

She glanced at the clock and saw with a start that she had been watching and admiring and thinking
about him for close to five hours. It felt like five minutes.

She nodded and he reached for her hand, unthinking. She stiffened for a moment, then let him hold her
hand. His fingers were warm andтАФodd!тАФshe felt their warmth all the way down to her toes. тАЬIтАЩm sorry
you had to wait so long,тАЭ he was saying, тАЬI finished as quickly as I could.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt mind,тАЭ she said and pulled her hand away.

No doubt about it. Dr. Dean was dangerous. She was used to physical danger, used to the worry of
some street-snitch giving her up to the cops, used to gang toughs trying to take down A.A. as some sort
of stupid initiation rite, but she had no idea how to deal with emotional danger. No idea how to stop
herself from liking a man. She wondered for the first time if she was protecting him because it would
thwart her enemy, or because she couldnтАЩt bear to see him hurt.



*****



Supper was delightful. Jared noticed Kara ordered everything he did and wasnтАЩt sure why. Was it a sign
of respect, or a lack of imagination?

He asked her. She made an exasperated sound and salted her fries. тАЬNice question. Lack of
imagination, of courseтАжthe truth is, since you wonтАЩt let me pay my way, I didnтАЩt want to bankrupt you
by ordering three steak dinners.тАЭ

тАЬBut I could be rich,тАЭ he said, watching her long fingers as they curved around her burger and lifted it to
her mouth. тАЬFilthy, disgustingly rich.тАЭ

тАЬAnd weтАЩre eating at DennyтАЩs?тАЭ She took a bite, chewed, swallowed, then said with finality, тАЬYouтАЩre not
rich at all.тАЭ

тАЬHow do youтАФoh, cripes. You cracked the hospital personnel files, didnтАЩt you?тАЭ He let his head fall into
his hands. тАЬDid you leave any of the benefits staff conscious?тАЭ

тАЬThere arenтАЩt a lot of them around at 2:00 a.m.тАЭ Then, almost anxiously, she added, тАЬI wasnтАЩt snooping.
I wanted to find out about you before I decided to get further involved. And by the way, did you know a
good secretary makes more than you do in this city?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs a lie. A mediocre secretary makes more than I do. Doctors donтАЩt make the bucks until theyтАЩve
been in the field for a while. Hell, six years ago I was still in med school.тАЭ

тАЬTaking your cadavers out to lunch,тАЭ she added, smiling at him.
 тАЬIt helped pass the time,тАЭ he said modestly. He stretched in the booth, glancing around the restaurant. It
was a typical DennyтАЩs, only a third full this time of the evening and around them the muted clink of
silverware on plates mingled with customer chatter.