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"Because then we'd be living together."

"What's wrong with that?"

"I can't pay you rent."

"You don't have to."

She folds her arms over her chest. "So I'd be living there for free? Letting you pay for everything? Sorry, but I tried that before and it didn't work."

"I'm not him. For the millionth time, I'm not Rob...or whatever his name is."

"It's Rob," she says. "Marchisis."

"What?"

"That's his last name. Marchisis. I never liked that name. Too hard to spell."

"How do you spell it?" I ask.

She spells it out and I quickly record it into my memory so I can look him up later. I never thought she'd tell me his last name. Now that she has, I can try to find him.

"What about mine?" I ask.

"You're what?"

"You like my last name?"

"Canfeld? Yeah. It's easy to remember. Easy to spell."

"Raine Canfeld." I grin. "Sounds good, don't you think?"

She laughs. "Never going to happen but sure, it sounds okay."

"Never say never."

She just smiles.

"Let's go." I reach for her hand.

"I'm going to stay here. It's not going to be that cold tonight."

"If you're not going, I'm staying here too."

"Miles, don't do this. Just go."

"I won't be able to sleep tonight if you're here alone. It was different when you had Gladys."

Raine laughs. "Yeah, because Gladys was great protection with her crippled hands and hip problems."

"You know what I mean. You'll feel better with someone else around. You're not going to like being alone out here at night."

"Let me try it and see."

I sigh. "Would you at least go to dinner with me?"

"Okay, but nothing fancy. How about the taco truck down the street?"

I agree to it and we head down there.

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