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put it. Thank you for finding it for me!”
    “My mom was a consultant on this one.”
    “No kidding! What a small world.”
    “You’re interested in space?”
    “Well, duh. I fell in love with Yoda at a young age, remember?”
    “Sure, but lots of people love Yoda who don’t care about actual space exploration.”
    “I do. I also love everything Star Trek – the movies, the TV shows, the works.”
    “That’s not real, either.”
    “I know , Frazer. But it will be, some day. We’ll find life on other planets. I hope I’m around when that happens.”
    “I hope I am, too.” He suddenly pictured a future in which they were together when that discovery was made and how exciting it would be to share that moment with her. Wow, that sure was jumping the gun. He hadn’t even made friends with her cat.
    “We can play cards on the kitchen table.” She led the way into her kitchen. “Oh, man, I just remembered I promised to give you something to eat. I’ll bet you’re starving to death.”
    “Nope.” He pulled out a chair for her and Hercules glared at him from the shelter of her arms as she sat down.
    “But your stomach was growling at the golf course.”
    “To be honest, it wasn’t.” He took a chair opposite her and unwound the rubber band from around the well-worn cards.
    “But you said –”
    “That was a moan of sexual delight.” He began shuffling the cards.
    “On the golf course?”
    “Sexy place, that golf course.” He noticed Hercules was watching him shuffle.
    “No, it’s not.”
    “Depends on your perspective. When I happened to be standing a few feet behind you when you leaned over to tee up your ball, it was a damned sexy golf course.”
    Her cheeks turned pink. “You moaned when I leaned over? That’s what I heard?”
    “Yep.” He started dealing the cards. “That little butt wiggle you do before you draw back your club is nice, too. Gets me hot.”
    “I had no idea. I thought you were hungry.”
    He held her gaze as he continued to deal. “I am.”
    Her breath caught. “No fair. I’m holding a cat.”
    “Like I said, I can wait. Patience is one of my long suits.”
    “Not mine.”
    “You could try hugging and squeezing him. They usually hate that.”
    “Not this one. He loves it.” She glanced at the pile of cards in front of her. “What on earth are we playing? You dealt out all the cards.”
    “War.”
    “War?” She blinked. “The self-proclaimed mathematical genius decides to play the easiest game on the planet? What’s up with that?”
    “I figure it’ll bore the cat and he’ll leave.”
    She chuckled. “Yeah, right. He hates the game of War. Refuses to play it with me because it’s so lame.”
    “Actually, I can’t handle anything more challenging.” He turned over his first card.
    “See? You really are tired. You’re just not willing to admit it.” She took his card with a higher one.
    “Definitely not tired, but desperate to get naked with you.”
    “Ditto.” She claimed his next card, too, and the one after that.
    “You’re good at this game.”
    “I’m using the Force.”
    He laughed loud enough to startle the cat. “Sorry. That was funny.”
    “You don’t believe me?”
    “Listen, Dulcie, if you’re that strong in the Force, how about using it to convince Hercules he needs a nice long nap on the sofa?” He won his first card and started his own pile.
    “You know, you might be a genius after all. I didn’t think of that. I’ll try it.”
    “Can’t hurt.” His luck changed then and he began collecting more cards. She’d probably say it was because she was focusing her powers on the cat. Although that was unscientific as hell, he decided not to talk for a while and see what happened.
    After about ten minutes of silence except for the slap of the cards on the table, damned if Hercules didn’t hop down and wander out of the kitchen.
    Frazer glanced across at her. “He left.”
    “I noticed.”
    “Think he’s headed for the