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anyway, not wanting to lose him inthe winding trails and dense woodland. She sucked in a breath of courage as she plunged headlong intothe darkened woods. Though the full moon offered enough light, once she’d entered the park the talltrees and dense foliage prevented her from seeing much.
    She couldn’t hear any sounds to indicate in which direction he might have gone, so she tried to stay onthe trail, hoping she’d run into him or at least figure out what he was up to.
    A niggling feeling of foreboding came over her. She shouldn’t be here. Something bad was going to

    happen.
    Jason, dammit, why are you in here? What could you be doing? Whatever it was, it wasn’t something hewanted anyone to know about. Nobody came to the park in the middle of the night. Nobody.
    She should turn around and run back to the house and forget she ever saw him heading to the park. Sheloved him. Shouldn’t she trust the man she loved?
    A rustling to her left caught her attention. She froze, unable to move an inch for fear that someone wouldpounce on her. But after a full minute, no one came crashing out of the hedges. Then she heard it again.
    Hell. Now what? It wasn’t like she’d been smart and brought some kind of weapon with her. What wasshe going to do if someone jumped her? Kick him in the shin with her Nikes?
    Really, Kelsey. You’re going to have to learn to think first, react second.   This was stupid.
    Then she guessed she’d go on being stupid, because she headed left to follow the sound, her heartpounding against her ribs and sweat pouring from her.
    She’d never been more scared, nor more curious, as she tiptoed through the hedges, staying low to theground in case whatever she heard wasn’t someone, or something, she wanted to notice her.
    When she got to the other side of the thick bushes, she came upon a clearing. It was as if the treetopsparted in the middle of the park to reveal the full silver moon overhead. A man stood in the center of theclearing with his back to her. She couldn’t tell if it was Jason or not, but the body type was similar.
    What was he doing here? He looked as if he was waiting for someone, but who?
    Fine. She’d just stay out of sight and wait, too. Damn him, if he’d had something to tell her, he shouldhave done so this past weekend when she’d sworn everything was off the record. Well, they were backin D.C. now, and all bets were off.
    Pushing aside the guilt at the thought of writing anything at all about Jason’s private life, she straightenedand looked around, intent on finding a vantage point a little closer.
    But when she started to step out of the bushes, a hand clamped over her mouth and she was drawnagainst a hard body behind her. Her scream was muffled as the hand held firm to her.
    Just as suddenly, she was whirled around to face her attacker.
    “Jason!” she cried, smacking him soundly on the chest. “You scared the shit out of me!” Her heart still
    raced and she felt dizzy and nauseous. She blew in and out slowly to calm the rush of adrenaline.
    “What are you doing here?” he hissed.
    “Following you. What are you   doing here?”
    “None of your business. Go back to the house.”
    How dare he tell her what to do? “I don’t take orders from you. What are you hiding? Why are youhere, Jason?”

    “You don’t want to know.” He jammed his fingers through his hair, frustration evident on his frowning
    face. “Well, maybe you do want to know. Christ, Kelsey, I didn’t want you to find out this way!”
    “Find out…” She closed her mouth, looked at the man in the clearing, then back at Jason.
    No. No way. It couldn’t be true. Not after what she’d experienced with him this weekend. “Oh God.
    You’re gay.”
    Jason’s eyes widened. “Uh, no.”
    “Yes you are. You’re meeting that guy over there for some quickie action or something. You just fucked me for appearances, so that I’d never report the truth about you. I could be your irrefutable