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A peaceful calm radiated from the tall man

His silver aura shimmered around him like a halo His warm smile put me immediately at ease My inner alarm system, too, since it was as silent as could be He wore a red cash, with relaxed fit jeans and hiking shoes His shoes looked new His fingers, which curled around his biceps, were long and whitish, capped by pinkish, thick nails

"Do I know you?" I asked

"Not directly," he said

"Indirectly?"

"You could say that"

I wracked h school boyfriend? A friend of a high school boyfriend? Was he the boy I kissed behind the backstop in the fourth grade? Or the boy I kissed at the bus stop? Other than realizing that I showed a predisposition for love triangles at an early age, ed at ot me," I said "How do you know ainst the shelf, watching h my work"

"Your work?"

He nodded "Yes"

"And what kind of work is that?"

"I&039;uard of sorts"

Technically, so was I As a licensed private investigator in the State of California, I could legally work as a bodyguard, too Granted, at five-foot three inches tall, I couldn&039;t coverotherskill sets to the table

Despite sensing no danger, uard was up I instinctively looked over at e Styrofoam candy cane, apparently the only one in the store The candy cane promptly snapped in half like a wish bone Anthony let out a wail Taave him her broken piece and slinked away I would deal with her later The kids, at least, were fine