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island. I invited him to go with me."
    "You still seeing him?" Jed appeared only vaguely interested.
    "No." She hesitated painfully. "There was an accident."
    "What kind of accident?"
    "A diving accident. Bob was killed diving in some caves near my family's home. He didn't like the fact mat my father had put the caves off limits to all visitors as well as the family. He went down on his own one night. I was the, one who found his body in the cave entrance pool the next day."
    "Jesus."
    "Yes. It was a shock, to say the least." She carefully spooned up a piece of her grapefruit. "My father owns the land where the underwater caves are located. He's never allowed any diving in them. He doesn't even like members of the family showing the entrance to our guests. I doubt if many of the people in Orleana's one town even know where it is. If they do, they've always respected my father's wish to keep tourists away from the caves. Dad thinks its better if people don't know where they are. Some dumb tourist might be tempted to dive. Cave diving is very hazardous."
    "I know. I've done a little."
    She looked up in surprise. "Have you?"
    "It's been a while. Not my idea of a fun hobby."
    "No. I don't think it would be."

    "Amy, I can imagine what it was like for you finding the guy's body..."
    Amy managed a shrug. "It's been eight months. It all seems like a dream now." A nightmare.
    "Were you in love with the guy? Was he more than just a casual friend?"
    "Bob LePage was not my lover," she replied stonily. "He was an acquaintance with whom I had something in common: Diving. That's all."
    "All right, calm down. I didn't mean to get too personal." He reached for more sugar and groaned. When Amy glanced at him in alarm he said, "I feel like I've been used for a football."
    Amy seized the opportunity to change the topic. "Speaking of your diminished capacity..."
    Jed winced. "I can think of better ways to describe my current condition."
    "I'm a writer. I value accuracy. What I was about to say is that I think you should stop by Dr. Mullaney's office this morning and have him take a look at that leg."
    "The leg's okay. The company doctor got all the glass out and told me how to take care of it. I changed the dressing after my shower this morning. It's almost healed. A few more days and I can stop wearing a bandage."
    "I still think you should have Mullaney look at it," Amy said stubbornly.
    He turned his head to look at her. "You're a bossy little thing, you know that?" he asked almost indulgently. "I'm only just beginning to realize it."
    Amy flushed and speared her spoon back into the grapefruit. "Sorry. Your leg is your own business."
    "I agree."
    "I may be bossy, but there's a real streak of stubborn macho arrogance in you, you know that?"
    Jed grinned, one of his quick, fleeting smiles that temporarily ruined the Calvinist minister image. "I've lived alone for so long I've never really learned to handle a woman's nagging."
    "I've never believed it was too late to teach an old dog new tricks."
    "Your faith in my adaptability and intelligence humbles me. Actually, I don't think you're nagging, exactly.
    More like fussing."
    "I'll call Mullaney's office after breakfast and make an appointment."
    "You do that and you can damn well keep the appointment yourself."
    Amy sighed. "Jed, be reasonable. You were ill last night. You had a fever. Who knows what kind of infection you might have picked up in the Middle East?"
    "I overdid things yesterday, that's all," Jed stated in a reasonable tone. "The doctors told me it was too soon to head back to the States, but I insisted. I got a little worn out and ran a slight fever. Nothing serious. I'm fine this morning."
    "I hadn't realized what an incredibly bullheaded man you are."
    "You never see a person's worst flaws until you've lived with him or her," Jed explained philosophically.
    "Until this morning, for example, I had no idea you squeezed your toothpaste from the middle of the tube instead of from the