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a previous engagement." He grinned. "Maybe afterwards.

Judy laughed and said something he didn't catch, though
from the look on her face it was probably salacious. He
just kept his mouth stretched in that phony grin and


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hurried past them, hoping none of them would decide to
follow and haul him back.

"Hey, Eric!" Beth hailed him from behind.

Oh shit. I didn't want to talk to anyoneтАФespecially not
somebody who saw the fight.

Beth could hear Eric groan, but he stopped, and turned
to face her.

"Beth, I'm not in the moodтАФ" he began. She shoved a
flask into his long, fine-boned hand before he could finish
his statement.

"Have a pull on that," she ordered. "I only heard the
tail end of the fight, but I suspect you need it. Besides, we
can stay here and talk about it, if you want. I may have to
go take care of the rumor-mill after that ruckus."

And I want to know, because you don't usually go
around making women screaming mad on purpose, Banyon,
she thought wryly. You may not think about things before
you do them, but you don't screw up on purpose. And I
don't think you would knowingly hurt a fly.

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Beth remembered Kathie, and how she'd used this lad
to get herself into the Texas Faire, then into a pro band,
then dropped him like a hot rock.

In your own peculiar way, you're the gentlest man I
know. And, in your own peculiar way, the most forgiving.
You forgave Kathie, and I never would have. Hell, I still
haven't, and I wasn't the one who got it in the teeth.

"I'd almost rather not talk about it," he said plaintively,
shaking his shoulder-length chestnut hair out of his eyes.