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remind you of Jimmy Long and declaring, I’ll never fall in love again ?” he said in a dramatic interpretation of a Southern belle—with a hand over his heart for effect. “After you found out he was only dating you because you fit his family’s idea of the perfect mate, someone beautiful from a good family that was on the same social and financial level as them, when all the while he was still seeing his real girlfriend from the other side of the tracks.”
    Yes, Jimmy Long had put up such a really good façade that even her family had fallen for it.
    â€œWhatever happened to him?” Paul asked.
    â€œHe married her and I hear they have three kids. His family finally came around, I guess.”
    â€œWell, good for them—now back to you.”
    Farrah turned and gave him a defiant look. “I was twenty at the time. What the hell did I know about love? Anyway, I didn’t say I’d never fall in love again. I said I’d never fall foolishly in love again. Big difference.”
    â€œIs there really any other kind?” Paul asked, frowning down at her.
    Farrah ignored his question as she continued, “In fact, I plan to love and get married one day to—”
    â€œTo someone weak that you can control and loves you more than you love them,” Paul said.
    Farrah flinched, but then had to laugh. There was a little truth hidden in those words.
    â€œYou’d be bored silly. Safe from heartbreak and no real passion. Not like the out-of-control passion that you feel for Robert. That same passion Francine and Meeks have for each other. Hell, what I feel for John.”
    Out-of-control is right; if you all only knew just how out of control I’d been. Thoughts of their first night together came to mind.
    Robert having her in the private elevator, taking her fast and hard in the living room of their suite before finally gently making love to her until dawn in one of the biggest beds she’d ever seen. The feeling of contentment that engulfed her as she lay in his arms and wanted nothing more than to stay there forever.
    Farrah released a wistful sigh and turned back to the documents that required more of her attention than her lack of a love life did at the moment. “Is everything set for New York?”
    Paul scowled and picked up his cup. “I can take a hint. Of course everything’s all set. Do you think you’ll find what you need when you get there?”
    â€œI hope so. We’re running out of leads and we’ve got to find evidence that Ted Jefferson Jr.—or whoever hired Alexia—planted those bogus documents in the first place.”
    Ted had presented the court with twenty-year-old drawings nearly identical to the ones Robert had developed and filed their patent on. An investigation revealed a set of those same drawings had been buried in the Blake & Montgomery archived records—which presumably had been planted there by their former employee, Alexia. Everyone with system access passed the polygraphs with flying colors.
    â€œHow did she even manage to plant the documents in the first place?” Paul asked, frowning.
    â€œThat’s just it. We haven’t been able to figure that out.” Farrah slammed her fist against the desk. “We have records of everything in the archived database and while there was a listing for a new system authored by Ted Jefferson during the year in question, the records directed us back to the bogus files we found.”
    â€œWait, those documents are what...at least twenty years old?” he asked, his frown deepening.
    â€œYeah, and Dad was leading the company then. He knew everything that Ted worked on, and he approved his budget. He’s certain that with the technology they were dealing with back then, there’s no way Ted could have created anything that Robert could have used to help develop the type of complicated technological designs that he has