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Up on the second floor of Eliahu Rathboone&039;s plantation house, Gregg Winn had to open the door to his and Holly&039;s rooers and a prayer that he didn&039;t dus in his hands with brew he&039;droom

So God only knehat it tasted like

"You need help?" Holly said as she looked up from the laptop

"Nope" He kicked the door shut and headed for the bed "I got it"

"You are so thoughtful"

"Wait till you try it I had to jerry-rig yours," he said, giving the pale one to her "They didn&039;t have whole milk, which hat you had yesterday at breakfast So I went to the kitchen and took half-and-half and soht" He nodded to the computer&039;s screen "What do you think of those scans?"

Holly stared down into theas she held it over the Dell&039;s keyboard She was stretched out on the bed, propped up against the headboard, analyzing the data he&039;d beco sexy and smart

And as if she didn&039;t trust what he&039;d given her

"Listen," he said, "just try the coffee--if it sucks, I&039;ll wake up that proper butler"

"Oh, it&039;s not that" She ducked her blond head and he heard her sip The "ahhh" that folloas more than he could have hoped for "Perfect"

Going around the edge of the bed, he settled in beside her on top of the duvet As he took a drink fro, he decided if his career in TV went tits-up, he ht have a future at a Starbucks counter "So coe"

He nodded at the screen and what it was showing: The night before, there had been a shot of so out the front door Now, it could have been a guest up for ahad just been--except for the fact that it de just disappeared

Kind of like the shadow outside her bedroo of it Or that dream of hers

"You haven&039;t retouched this?" Holly said

"Nope"

"God"

"I know, right? And the network just e-mailed me while I was downstairs They&039;re so on fire, apparently the Internet&039;s gone nuts over the pro shows up a week froo live You sure your coffee&039;s okay?"

"Oh, yes, it&039;s a "You know, I&039;ve never seen you like this before"

Gregg leaned back against the pillows and couldn&039;t help but agree Hard to knohat had changed; there had been a shift inside of him, however

Holly took another sip "You seem really different"

Unsure what he should say, he kept it about the work "Well, I never actually thought ghosts existed"

"You didn&039;t?"

"Nah You knoell as I do all the fixes I&039;ve pulled But here in this house I&039;et onto the third floor I had this crazy drea up there" As a sudden headache cut off his thoughts, he rubbed his te been on a coht "There&039;s so you"

"The butler said it was off-limits"

"Yeah" And he didn&039;t want to buck the guy too ood TV to roll out, it wasn&039;t like they neededhe wanted was to run into trouble with the ement this close to airdate

And it was very clear Mr Spit and Polish didn&039;t like theain this is what really a reached forward and restarted the file so he could watch that figure disappear through the solid door again "That&039;s pretty daht? Ilike that?"

"No I didn&039;t"

Soht his head toward her Holly was staring at hiht to her heart

"What?" he said, checking to see if he&039;d spilled on his shirt

"Actually it&039;s about the coffee"

"Bad aftertaste?"

"No, not at all" She laughed a little and drank souessed you&039;d reo to the trouble of ht about work before"

Jesus she was right

She shrugged "And I guess I&039; I&039;lad you do now"