. That's where you'd have been..."
Patting her back, Cade said, "Yup. Most of the time, too, as I prefer to
recall. Just try to breathe for now, Beth. Talk later."
Beth managed to eat most of her steak and Cade finished what she couldn't,
then they spent the rest of the afternoon like newlyweds on a honeymoon.
At six-forty-five her ride to the airport pulled up at the front doors and
-- to Cade's surprise -- Beth hugged him and kissed him long and hard.
Holding her close, Cade whispered, "Somebody might see."
Snickering, she said, "Screw 'em. There were cameras in the halls, anyway.
Everybody who doesn't know now will know by tomorrow. I'll deal with it."
"Would saying 'thank you' sound trite, ma'am?"
"Not if I say it first. Thanks, Cade."
Then she made a show of glancing at her watch, making an apologetic face and
an excuse about long check-in times these days, and hurried into the waiting
car.
They waved good-bye as the car rolled down the ramp, then it turned left at
the street and she was gone. Cade sighed once, then turned to go back upstairs.
A tall, thirtyish, brunette woman in a sharp, shades-of-green skirt and
jacket business ensemble asked, "Your wife?"
Stopping to meet her gaze, Cade said, "No.
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