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    “Shut up, Jacey,” he muttered. “Why’s she on a plane? Where’s she going? I thought she was a virtual secretary for some big writer?”
    “So not much time for talking last night, huh?” she asked with a laugh. “Hope that’s a good thing.”
    “Just answer my question, please.”
    “She’s on her way to Chicago for a meeting with her boss. She’s his personal assistant and all-around girl Friday, not a secretary. He’s just back from Europe and some tour she scheduled for him over there. She’s been looking forward to seeing him and finding out how things went. The details he doesn’t share over the phone or email.”
    “When does she get back?”
    “Not until Friday,” Jacey said, but her expression wasn’t so carefree and relaxed now. “Why? What’s going on, Jack?”
    “I just didn’t get a chance to talk to her this morning and I was trying to find her.”
    “Didn’t get a chance to talk to her?” She shook her head and glared. “Please tell me that you didn’t just screw my friend and leave. Tell me my brother isn’t that big of an ass.”
    “She wanted to show us that she could have a one-night stand,” he said, the only thing he could think of in his defense.
    “That’s bullshit and you know it, Jack.”
    “I’m not getting into this with you. Do you have her number?”
    “Of course I have her number, but I’m not giving it to you until I talk to her.” She stood up and pocketed her phone to keep it out of his reach. “If you hurt her, Jack, I’ll never forgive you.”
    “If I hurt her it wasn’t intentional.”
    “What happened last night?”
    “That’s really none of your business, Jacey. Just suffice it to say that she was sleeping when I left and I was hoping to catch her today and talk. I didn’t know she was going to be flying to Chicago.”
    “You fucked her and left? No note or anything. My god, you are an asshole.”
    “Don’t be crude with me, Jacey. What’s between Dee and me is between us.”
    “Well, she’ll be gone until Friday so I hope you didn’t screw up too badly. That’s a long time for a girl to stew and analyze an event. Enough time to move past it if she wants to.”
    “Are you going to give me her number or not?”
    “Not. I’ll call her and see what she says. If she wants you to have her number then I’ll give it to you. If not…” She shrugged her shoulders at him. “Well, if not, you’ll just have to wait until she gets back. But, Jack, when you leave a woman in bed, if she’s important to you, if she matters at all, then you should always leave a note.”
    With those parting words his sister walked out, leaving him to stew over everything. Fuck! He’d messed up without meaning to. Of course, this whole thing had caught him off guard. His only long-term plan was to come home and find a job, get settled into civilian life. He’d never counted on Dee, all grown-up and still wanting him.
    He should have ignored it when his sister called and invited him out to have a drink at the bar. He’d thought it was a nice gesture even though Jonas had shaken his head and told him to beware. Then he’d walked in to hear those words come out of Dee’s mouth. He’d thought it cute until he’d gotten a good look at her. He hadn’t seen her much in the last five years, just pictures but she was never clearly visible.
    Dee had grown up. Nicely. Incredibly. She was no longer the skinny little girl who looked at him with stars in her eyes. No, she’d looked at him with a woman’s appreciation last night. He’d been teasing and joking around with her. Then she’d said something about hooking up with a guy and going home for sex and he’d seen red. He’d told himself he was taking her home to protect her from herself. Yeah, right.
    He’d been a goner the moment she’d put her feet in his lap and he’d taken them in his hands. So small and fragile and so soft his hands had ached to touch more of her. She’d turned and for a