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“Did she?” Garrett asked.

“She said she’d think about it and let me know.”

“You better hope she doesn’t want to,” Grant said, laughing. “Or you’re in trouble.”

“It’s not going to happen.” She crossed her fingers again. “But what I hope more is that Hyde heard me and maybe he’ll get jealous.”

“That’s a far reach,” Garrett said.

She turned to her brother-in-law. “It’s better than what you two have been doing. Which is nothing.” She held up two big zeroes with her fingers.

Her husband laughed. “You’ve got us there,” Grant said.

“Keep me posted if you hear anything,” she said.

“What are we supposed to hear?” Garrett said. “It’s not as if Hyde talks to us about his personal life. Grant was lucky to hear what he had. Your son’s lips have never been so tight and Raina isn’t going to volunteer anything on her friend.”

Diane pursed her lips. “We’ll see about that.”

She turned to leave and Grant stopped her. “Where are you going?”

“To talk to Raina.”

This was a gigantic risk, she knew it, but she wanted to see what Raina said.

“Hi, Diane. How are you?” Raina was in the hallway and she couldn’t have planned thisanybetter. Luck was on her side.

“Great,” she said. “I was just coming to see you. I ran into Tori not that long ago. Told her I had someone to set her up with.”

She saw Raina pause and then smile after she looked toward Hyde’s office. Actions spoke louder in her mind.

“What did she say?” Raina asked.

“That she’d think about it. Can you let me know if she wants to and pass her information on to me?”

“I can do that,” Raina said, rolling her eyes.

She moved closer, patted Raina’s hand, and winked. “You’re a good friend,” she whispered.

If you want something done, you just need to do it yourself.

14

SMOOTH TALKER

Hyde was walking into the building later than normal for work when he spotted Tori coming out of the staircase.

He could nod his head and move along, or he could be a nice guy and say hi.

He was a nice guy and she didn’t want things to be awkward so he walked toward her.

“Hi, Tori,” he said.

She looked up startled that he’d approached her.

Crap, guess she moved on.

He should have figured she did.

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