"
Sipping her beer again, Mandi said, "After the show tonight... Well, I'm
thinking that I'd rather not be where anyone is likely to look for me."
Pausing to look at her, Cade asked, "Reason?"
Mandi shook her head and said, "I'd just rather not have anyone knocking on
my door after the show."
With a shrug, Cade said, "We'll tell John. He'll tell the others to leave
you alone."
Giving him a studious look, Mandi sipped her beer again as Cade sent the cue
ball through the rack.
"I didn't say I wanted to be alone," she said. "I said I wanted to be where
I wouldn't be found."
Looking up from the table, Cade set the butt of his cue stick on the floor,
regarded her thoughtfully for a moment, then asked, "Would it be too much to
hope for that you're referring to my room as your sanctuary?"
With a small shake of her head, Mandi smiled slightly as she said, "No, Ed.
It wouldn't be too much to hope for." She sipped her beer and quietly added,
"But it might be all you could hope for."
"Uh, huh. Does that mean I'd have to behave myself or that you'd have your
way with me and then discard me like a used paper towel in the morning?"
Laughing, Mandi said, "No, it just means that.
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