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that bath robe. “What did you have under that robe, Geri?” she asked, although no one was around to answer. She struck the steering wheel a few times with her open palm then had to pull over to gain her composure.
    “You have to pull yourself together. Rethink this thing through. Anger is not going to get him. Only subtlety will.” She talked to herself in the mirror as if she were another person.
    Then she began her breathing exercises, slowly inhaling and exhaling, until her body had relaxed. She looked up into the mirror once again. “Good girl! Now keep your cool. You have the upper hand. You’ve got a plan.” She let out a loud laugh as she started up the car, and continued onward.
    She pulled up, and saw her crew just leaving the house. She figured they’d just finished breakfast. “So sweet of Cain’s wife to offer breakfast to the crew every morning,” she said sarcastically. She’d purposely come later to avoid sitting at the table and pretending to be nice and happy and playing glaring games with his nosey daughter. She got out of her Jeep and went to the house to look for Marc.
    Having finished breakfast, Marc grabbed a bottle of water and joined his brother for a seat in the living room. Marc read his expression and asked if anything was the matter.
    “I didn’t want to bring this up in front of Blair. But how are you feeling this morning?” asked Cain.
    “Do you mean about Geri?” asked Marc.
    “Yep,” Cain replied.
    Marc thought back to the day before. “There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep to clear your head,” he said.
    Cain wasn’t satisfied with that answer. “So the almost kiss is not an issue anymore?” he asked.
    “I’m not gonna lie. If we were alone again, I don’t know what would happen,” Marc admitted and turned to gaze out of the window.
    Cain nodded knowing this was the truth. “I understand,” he said. He wouldn’t press him further.
    “Hey, looks like Deidra showed up,” said Marc. “I wonder if she’s any better today.”
    Secretly, the two men went out to meet her. Deidra had overheard the conversation between the two brothers, and hidden until she wanted to be seen.
    So he almost kissed her, Deidra thought to herself. She would have to deal with that; her growing insanity reflected on her face.
    “Deidra… are you okay?” Blair asked.
    Deidra turned quickly her direction. “Oh! I’ll be fine if I may use your restroom,” she replied. She pushed her hair back from her face.
    Blair pointed the direction Deidra needed to go and watched her slowly stroll down the hall. Blair was lost for words. She didn’t know what to think. She didn’t like Deidra’s deranged look. Maybe that’s what Alondra had seen before. Deidra seemed to be going through some emotional breakdown, or was nearly there.
    Blair was so deep in thought that she didn’t hear Cain enter the house or his footsteps as he came up behind her.
    “What time will you be leaving?” Cain asked, wrapping his arms around her waist.
    Startled, Blair jumped. Her mind had been on Deidra and a sinking feeling about her lingered. “Cain, you startled me,” said Blair.
    She hit him playfully with her dishtowel and he put his arms up to shield the blows and laughed. “Okay, okay!” said Cain.
    He continued to chuckle, but she stopped and her thoughts once again became serious. She was concerned about the incidents with Deidra. But she didn’t have time to think about it any further. She had an appointment to get to. “We should leave as soon as I finish the dishes,” said Blair. “Are sure you don’t want to stay behind. If you miss the photo session, you’ll be another day behind schedule.”
    Cain slid his hands around her waist and stared lovingly into her eyes. “Your well-being is what’s important to me. I’m going with you. I want to hear what the doctor has to say,” he said.
    Marc appeared in the doorway and was about to speak, but stopped himself. He didn’t want to