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an embarrassment to
the female race.

Turning on her flowered Keds, she started to leave.

"Ah, hell." Jesse plowed his hands through his hair. "I had no right to
say that to either one of you."

She kept going.

"Katie, wait. I'm sorry. Bringing tea was very . . . thoughtful. I
didn't mean—"

Thankfully, he cut himself off. She didn't need him adding anything
else to the already insultingly embarrassing situation. She was
thoughtful, not sexy. Sweet, not enticing.

She made it to the door without a word, since there was nothing to say
other than to ask him when he was leaving El Paso. Preferably sooner
rather than later, and if he needed assistance packing, she'd happily
help.

Clutching the photo album to her chest like a shield, she left the
cottage with as much dignity as she
could muster. Then she headed into the dark, crossed the yard, and had
to force herself past the swimming pool without throwing herself in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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To: Katherine Bloom
      Chloe Sinclair

From: Julia Boudreaux
Subject: Truth to tell
    Good
Saturday morning, girls. So,
Kate, is it true that Jesse showed up at Bobby's Place after
I left? Did you really dance with him?
xo, j -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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To: Julia Boudreaux
      Katherine Bloom

From: Chloe Sinclair
Subject: Urban cowgirl
    She danced
with him. Twice.
Fortunately that's all she did. Chloe

p.s. Since I am at the office, and I can see neither of you are
here, I'm glad to know that
providing home access to the office e-mail system isn't
going to waste.
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    Â 
To: Chloe Sinclair
      Julia Boudreaux
From: Katherine Bloom
Subject: Technicality
    Does trying
to seduce him count as
doing more?
Dismally yours,
Kate

Katherine C. Bloom
News Anchor, KTEX TV West Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Â 
To: Katherine Bloom
     Chloe Sinclair
From: Julia Boudreaux
Subject: Good Lord
    What have
you done now? You
seduced him? How? Were you naked in his bed? Naked in the shower? Naked
with flowers? Regardless, any sort of seduction with that man is a
mistake.
xo, j -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Â 
To: Katherine Bloom
      Julia Boudreaux
From: Chloe Sinclair
Subject: No!
    Kate, tell
us you're joking.
Seducing Jesse will only get you hurt in the process.
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To: Julia Boudreaux
     Chloe Sinclair
From: Katherine Bloom
Subject: Unfortunate incident
    Let's just
say that I experienced
a moment of sheer insanity, brought on, I have to believe, by a
Sex and the City video marathon combined with too many cosmos. Okay, so
I had only one—not even a whole one. But still. I thought I would
surprise him with tea and photos. I wasn't thinking seduce in the
traditional sense. I was thinking seduce him with the past. I know, I
know, I really shouldn't think.
Kate