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nodded and stood up, exciting Sammy and making Mr. Chow jump down from the chair.
    “I’m sorry, you’re right. You did already tell me that. I’ll let you get back to whatever it was you were doing. Goodnight, sweetheart. Sleep well.” She turned away from him, pulling the blanket tight around her neck. The tears spilled as she left the room with her entourage following her. She couldn’t control her crying this time and she found herself making more noise than she wanted to as she starting sobbing at the foot of the stairs. She couldn’t walk anymore; she sat down on the steps, and set her tea down with Mr. Chow rubbing himself on her legs. Dear Lord, you’d think the cat hadn’t been petted in a month. And of course there was Sammy, dropping his ball at her feet every couple of seconds.
    She was definitely going to give Blake a piece of her mind. ‘ Oh, he’s fine. He loves you. He’ll tell you when he’s ready.’ My butt!
    She sat until the sobbing subsided and sipped her tea when she saw, in the shafts of the landscaping lights, through the wall of glass looking towards the pond, white flakes coming down like tiny pieces of down. It was snowing, little white snowflakes floating ever so gracefully down to the ground. She walked to the window, holding her blanket tightly around her neck with one hand and her cup of tea in the other. She wished she had someone to share it with, besides the cat and the OCD dog dropping his ball on her foot. Rowan would love this , she thought to herself. Wouldn’t it be cool to be a wolf running in the snow? I bet Rowan and Dean would love chasing rabbits in the snow on a full moon . Again she thought that she’d need to go shopping for some warmer clothes, maybe even some boots, for the snowy days to come.
    She stood there in awe for a minute or two with the cat on one side and the dog sitting on her bunny slippers, when she heard footsteps behind her. She wiped her eyes and spun, hoping to find her handsome vampire. To her disappointment, it was Bernard.
    “Miss Darby, are you quite all right?”
    “Oh sure, Bernard. Just admiring the beautiful snow. I don’t get to see it snow very often, so this is quite a treat. I was just thinking how nice it would be to have someone to share it with and you showed up.”
    “I’m sorry, Miss. Shall I go fetch Master Devon for you?”
    “No, Bernard. Master Devon wants nothing to do with me this evening or last, for that matter. I meant you.”
    “Me?”
    “Yes, would that be okay? If you just stood her for a minute with me watching the snow?”
    “I, well, I…”
    “You don’t have to, Bernard. I’m just feeling so lonely and it’s so beautiful.”
    “I guess when you live here you take for granted the beauty of the falling snow. Yes, Miss Darby. I would be honored to join you.” He stood there next to her and they watched the snowfall. He put his arm around her and she put her head on his shoulder.
    “I suppose the snow just means more work for you and the staff, making sure the walkways are clear and all that.”
    “Yes, it does pose its problems.”
    “Can I help with the shoveling tomorrow?”
    “Oh no, Miss Darby. The Master would never allow such a thing. A guest shoveling snow? No.”
    “I guess it would be improper of me. I’ve already had enough disapproving looks from Mr. Larsen.”
    “Really? He seems quite taken with you. No one has used Lady Gail’s room, well,l since Lady Gail was last here. That, in itself, is a huge declaration of his approving of you.”
    “Well, he wasn’t so taken with me before I yelled at him.”
    He pulled away and looked at her with shock. “You yelled at the master?” He started to chuckle. “I would have loved to have seen that. Oh Lordy, that would have been something.”
    “It wasn’t all that great, but he did start laughing quite heartily after. Even Devon turned in his seat as if this was something he had never seen.”
    “The master had a good belly laugh