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"Tim first wanted to set me up on a blind date I told him no blind dates I was done omen for a while I didn’t want another ured that they’d get o out with Sabrina nevertheless So they concocted this whole elaborate scheme and told Sabrina to pretend to be an escort But that it was really kind of a blind date" Well, it wasn’t the entire truth, but it was close enough to the truth

"I liked Sabrina froain the next night We fell in love" Daniel shook his head "It was all very confusing at the beginning But the point I’irl She never was"

"I’m not sure what to say" His father stood and went to the mini bar in the corner He poured himself a drink and took a sip

"I still don’t understand how Audrey fits into all of this Obviously this was a private arrangeency was involved They were just playing," Raffaela said, her forehead furrowed

"Audrey didn’t handle the breakup well She convinced herself that I was going to take her back So she showed up at my hotel roolanced at his father who seemed to understand instantly He didn’t have to spell it out "I don’t kno Audrey could have found out that Sabrina was pretending to be an escort The only people who kneere Tim, Holly, Sabrina, and myself She ether in the hotel rooured for irl"

Daniel huffed "Hell, it’s not the first tie my relationship with Sabrina Audrey is an insanely jealous wo to marry Sabrina Audrey knows I’d never coe I don’t kno she ed to convince the reporter of her lies, but sheto find out what it is"

"How are you going to do that?" his mother asked

"I went to Audrey’s apartment to confront her, but her housekeeper told o, and she doesn’t knohere to or when she’ll be back But I’ to find her"

"Even if you find Audrey, do you really think she’ll just confess to lying?" his father asked

"Of course not, but I’ll find a way to force her to ad to threatened to sue the paper for libel I’ve already spoken to al counsel at the New York Ti theet ht? There will be no way to keep this frooing to pursue any lawsuit until after the wedding And no one is going to tell her either," he said, looking first at his father then at hisday She deserves a dreareed Sabrina doesn’t need to know," his mother said with a nod "Holly pro either"

"Holly knows about the article?" Daniel asked "Shit" Not that he didn’t trust Holly, because he did, but the more people knew the more likely it was that somebody would slip up

"She ith me when Linda alertedhand on Daniel’s shoulder "I’m sorry we jumped to conclusions about Sabrina We’ll do whatever we can toabout the article, soon all of the Hamptons will know, even those who don’t read the New York Times Do you knohat thatup at him

"What about my reputation?"

"This scandal will rub off on you and Mom Your reputation--"

"--can withstand the storm," his father clai will co will be perfect"

Daniel smiled, more for his ht, because notSabrina wasn’t an option

6

"Is it just me or does it seem like today went on forever?" Sabrina asked as she climbed into bed next to Daniel