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Hide in Plain Sight - Harlequin.com

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THREE<br />

Cal let himself <strong>in</strong> the side door of the Unger mansion,<br />

toolbox <strong>in</strong> hand. He’d told Kather<strong>in</strong>e that he’d fix the<br />

loose post on the ma<strong>in</strong> staircase, but that wasn’t his only<br />

reason for be<strong>in</strong>g there.<br />

He’d been mull<strong>in</strong>g it over, pray<strong>in</strong>g about it, most of<br />

the day. Prayer was still new enough to him that he<br />

wondered sometimes whether he ought to be ask<strong>in</strong>g for<br />

guidance about simple everyday th<strong>in</strong>gs. Still, it was<br />

<strong>com</strong>fort<strong>in</strong>g to feel that Someone cared.<br />

And this wasn’t a selfish th<strong>in</strong>g. He wanted a sense<br />

of whether he should speak to Andrea about her grandmother.<br />

Seemed to him the answer was yes, although<br />

that might just be his need to do someth<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Two years ago, he’d have found it laughable to th<strong>in</strong>k<br />

he’d be so concerned about an elderly woman who<br />

wasn’t even a relative, but he hadn’t been much of a<br />

human be<strong>in</strong>g, either, back then. Now—well, he cared<br />

about Kather<strong>in</strong>e Unger.<br />

Kather<strong>in</strong>e was k<strong>in</strong>d, proud and too stubborn to ask<br />

for help even when she needed it. She’d be appalled,<br />

probably, if she realized how much he’d learned about

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