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never colored them in,” Willow told her.
    Eilidh laughed. “I expect your parents were pleased they never came home and found you drawing on the walls then.”
    “We did build a volcano in the backyard one year. It worked really well. They weren’t very happy about that,” Willow remembered. Eilidh laughed and so did she and Hawthorne.
    Willow put the coffeepot on for them and Hawthorne rummaged in the refrigerator pulling out some snacks.
    “What do you both plan to do when you can go home?” Eilidh asked.
    “We need to talk about it some more, but I think likely we’ll sell our home and move somewhere new. Maybe somewhere warmer. Although not where there are tornados,” said Willow.
    “Or earthquakes,” added Hawthorne.
    “I think that leaves you with a coastal sliver of Texas and the toe of Florida to choose from,” said the nurse.
    They all laughed again as they nibbled on the snacks and drank their coffee. But it wasn’t really funny. Willow didn’t have the faintest idea how they could evade Bailey. Really, they just had to hope he would lose interest in Hawthorne. Perhaps if he found a new girlfriend he would forget about them.
    “Bailey’s really a bit old to still be dating young women. Surely he’ll get married and settle down soon,” Willow said.
    “I’ve been thinking about that, too. You know, we never…you know. I’ve been wondering if he’s actually gay, but not ready to come out yet,” said Hawthorne.
    “Why wouldn’t he come out? There’s no stigma about being gay these days,” Willow argued.
    “There is stigma in some places. What’s his job? You said he was an important person, Hawthorne, but important how?”
    “You know it’s strange. We dated on and off for several months but I don’t even know the name of the company he owns. He never referred to it by name as far as I can recall. He used to say, ‘my company’ with pride, but never its name or even where it was. It used to take him a while to travel there, so it wasn’t in our town. It must have been farther away.”
    They rinsed their mugs and plates, then Eilidh checked the door was securely locked and went into the smaller bedroom, leaving the larger one for Willow and Hawthorne, the same as the previous night. Each bedroom had its own bathroom, so the apartment was actually designed for two separate lots of people to share it if needed.
    “Are you saddened by how Bailey’s acted to you?” she asked Hawthorne.
    “No. I was never in love with him. I think I’m angry more than anything, that he’s caused our entire life to be disrupted. But I’m also angry with myself for telling him about the wolf. I should have recognized how self-centered he is.” Hawthorne sighed. “It’s okay. I never loved him,” she repeated.
    Willow hugged her. “We’ll work it out. And we’ll find somewhere nice to live as well.”
    As she snuggled into her bed she thought right here would be a nice place to live. The people in the mall had been so kind and helpful. She liked Eilidh, and Helena, and the man who’d chosen groceries for them, and the security guard lady, and Rhion and Cadfael. Especially Rhion and Cadfael. Hell yes. Two hunkier men she’d never seen. They’re probably both married with a dozen kids.

Chapter Four
     
    Instead of thinking about suppliers, contractors, staff, and spreadsheets, Cadfael found himself worrying about two attractive young women, now with hair dyed brown, and their troubles. He made a mental note to follow up on the research about Bailey Hamilton and tried to put the entire situation out of his mind. However, Willow’s pretty face kept imprinting itself over his computer screen. So much so that he started to wonder if she really was his mate. Could fate have actually brought his mate right to his door and dropped her in his lap? It seemed too strange to be true.
    Everyone said Karma was a bitch. She had to be teasing him. But that didn’t stop him trying to work out how soon he