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because she wasn’t a celebrity. But given the job she had, the film that was getting ready to shoot in Boston he should have known she might come under the spotlight. She had last night. That guy with the camera couldn’t have been there for the poker match. While there was media coverage of the event from the outside it was mostly local with a few guys who would come from some of the surrounding cities and states just to get a couple shots, but that guy seemed to have hung out the entire night just waiting for her.
    “Wow,” she looked at him, her lips swollen from their kiss and her cheeks flaming red from the passion they had just shared. “You are such a good kisser, Miles.”
    He winked at her. “I think you had a lot to do with that, beautiful.” He helped steady her as she stepped away from her car and unlocked the door again. He opened the door for her and saw to her getting inside the car. “Be careful driving home. Call me to let me know you made it.”
    She chuckled. “I’ll be home before you. How about if you call me to let me know you made it .”
    That wasn’t a question it was a request. Well this vixen surely did like to take control. He would hav e to admit he liked her more for that.
    He agreed to her request and took a step back to close her door. He watched as she drove away and then he went to his own truck he got in and headed for home. “Best night of your life, Miles.” He would say it was definitely better than the night he won millions in a Vegas poker tournament. It was better because of her.

Chapter Three
    “A re you crazy!?” Kelly, in all her vocal rage, still hung the crystal dove ornament on the tree she had been decorating apparently since before the sun came up.
    “No. I’m not crazy. He’s a nice guy.”
    “You can’t go stay with him not even for one night. He could be a serial killer.”
    Bethany laughed. “He’s a cop—the sheriff, Kel. He’s not going to kill me. I’ll be fine.”
    Kelly huffed. “That’s what they all say.” Kelly shoved one hand across her forehead trying to knock fallen side swept bangs out of her face. Her red defiant hair fell right back into place. “Don’t you watch any of those crime shows? I’m not talking the fiction shows. I’m talking the real life ones.”
    “No, Kelly. I don’t have time to watch television.” She didn’t even have cable in her house. Thankfully Donavan, her nephew, didn’t like to watch television either. When he wasn’t out playing with the new horse with the handler, Steven McKay, he was riding his bike. When he wasn’t riding his bike he was climbing trees that had her mother screaming at him to come down from there. And when he wasn’t doing that he had his nose in a science book. The kid was very much interested in all things science and could devour any book that gave him a factual account of things she didn’t understand but found intriguing whenever he would sit down and talk about what he learned for the day. She would admit the family dinners were one of the best things about being back.
    She had talked to her direct boss, Kyle Winters, to see if he could find her somebody in the science field who she could maybe let Donavan talk with and Kyle had arranged for Donavan to spend the summer at a science camp. Donavan was so excited when she told him that she didn’t think he would even be able to finish his dinner. He was literally jumping up and down in the kitchen. Her mother seemed to think that was a good and bad idea. “It’s good because he’ll learn something and use his summer wisely,” she had said. “It’s bad because I’ll be alone.”
    She would be alone because Bethany would be working promotions on the movie that should be releasing by next fall. Donovan would only be gone a month and then he would be back, but her mother was lonely. “Steven’s here,” she had said. Her mother had snorted as she watched Donovan run out the room to grab a notepad. He said he needed