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as she answered.
    "Are you still at work?"
    She sighed. "Of course. I hate that I'm a workaholic, but apparently not enough to change. So what's up?"
    "I just did something bad."
    "Did it involve chocolate and handcuffs?"
    "No."
    "Then it couldn't have been that bad."
    He shook his head. "You don't know what I did."
    "No, but I can probably guess who this is about."
    He raked a hand through his hair. "She had a date tonight and her sister convinced me to head the guy off at the pass. Plus, honestly, I couldn't take the thought of another man even holding her hand."
    Silence stretched. Then Jade said, "As a lawyer, I have to advise you that murder isn't legal in this state."
    "I didn't kill him. I told him Freya's sister was a prostitute and a junkie."
    Jade barked a laugh. "Nice."
    "It's not funny. I feel like shit."
    "Greg, you did what you had to do. As long as she doesn't find out you're meddling with her life, you should be okay."
    He stared at the light illuminating her window. "That's what I'm worried about."

 
Chapter Ten
     
     
    "I got stood up." Her sister sighed on the other end of the line. " Again ."
    Anna grinned wide. "That's awful," she said sympathetically into the phone.
    "Maybe he got hit by a bus on his way over."
    And that bus was the Godwin express. Greg may have stepped up and taken care of the first guy, but he'd made it totally clear that he wasn't doing that again. So she'd picked up that slack. "You don't sound too upset over it."
    Freya paused. "I worked instead."
    "That sucks."
    "No, it was actually really productive. I had a breakthrough this week," she said, sounding confused by it.
    "Aren't breakthroughs a good thing?"
    "It depends on what inspires them. How are your classes going?"
    "Good." Boring. Her art classes didn't challenge her. The only one she was really into was a history of law class she took, but she couldn't tell her sister about that.
    She hated keeping things from Freya. The sooner she and Greg hooked up, the better. "Weren't you going out with a couple other guys?"
    "Yes, but they've been weird."
    "How?"
    "Well, one took me bowling because somehow he had the impression I love to bowl. The other one wanted to take me to a Star Trek festival."
    Anna grinned at the shudder in her sister's voice. Freya hated Star Trek, which made it the perfect suggestion when she'd headed that guy off on Freya's porch. "That's too bad. Do you have any other dates set up?"
    "Yes, actually. With a guy who owns a restaurant in Napa."
    Anna silently gagged but brightly said, "When are you going out with him?"
    "Tomorrow night."
    Check. "Do you know what you're doing?"
    "We're going to Bix."
    "Good to know."
    "What?"
    "Nothing," she said quickly.
    "Are you good on money? Do you have food?"
    Anna pictured Max, with his shaggy hair and sexy hands, and sighed. "I'm doing good with food."
    "You'll tell me if you need anything?"
    The only thing she needed was Max to lay her out on his kitchen counter and feast on her, but her sister probably didn't need to know that. "Of course. Or I'll just raid your fridge."
    Freya laughed. "Okay. Talk to you later."
    Anna hung up and immediately called Greg.
    He answered on the second ring. "Last night was a one time thing. I will not do that again. I'll win Freya over on my own merit."
    "She has another date set up for tomorrow. At Bix."
    There was silence on the other end of the line.
    She smiled. "Isn't that where you're going to dinner?"
    More silence. Then he said, "You're a menace, you know that?"
    "I just have my sister's best interests at heart." Well, and her own. She winced at the pang of guilt.
    "I've never been so happy to be an only child."
    "Does that mean you'll take care of Freya's date?"
    "No."
    She wilted. "Really? I thought you wanted her."
    "I do, but I'm not going to deceive her." He paused. "But I do need to show her that I don't have a girlfriend, because that's one of the reasons she won't go out with me. Bix is as good a place to do that as