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guests had gone hiking and had fallen; another guest had expressed a problem with dizziness. Later, an older gentleman had rushed inwith a nosebleed that wouldn’t quit. Erika had already learned Dillon didn’t let his chart work back up, and he e-mailed duplicate copies of the guests’ infirmary visits to their family physicians. So he had a lot of info to enter.
    â€œDid you have lunch?” she asked as an opener, not knowing where else to begin.
    â€œNot yet. Ruthann just arrived. I’ll take a break in a little while.”
    â€œI can pick you up something at the deli and bring it in.”
    â€œI told you before, Erika, that’s not your job. You’re not here to wait on me.”
    No, she wasn’t. She was going to make a place for herself on this management team and become an asset to Thunder Canyon Resort.
    â€œI was just in the lobby and Jeff Lindstrom asked to talk to me,” she began, trying to keep her heart from tripping too fast.
    â€œHow is he?” Dillon’s voice was full of obvious concern for the boy.
    â€œHe’s fine. But feeling guilty.”
    â€œAbout?” Dillon stood and came around the desk to where she was standing.
    â€œEmployees getting fired because of him. He told me he’d made a friend. This friend had given him half a chocolate bar and assured him there weren’t any nuts in it.”
    It was obvious Dillon was surprised. “He actually told you that?”
    â€œIs it so difficult to believe an eight-year-old has a conscience and would confide in me?” she asked a bit defensively.
    â€œNo, of course not. I didn’t mean it that way. Did he tell his father?”
    She shook her head. “Mr. Lindstrom was in the lobby, too, and Jeff didn’t seem ready. But he knows he has to now that he confided in me.”
    Dillon took another step closer to her. “Jeff coming to you was important. This cuts off the lawsuit at its knees…unless the boy denies the whole thing again.”
    â€œI don’t think he will.”
    Dillon’s golden-brown gaze was powerful as he suggested, “Denial is a great defense mechanism. We think it keeps us safe, but it really doesn’t. The truth isn’t far underneath.”
    She was intuitive enough to know Dillon wasn’t talking about Jeff now. “Sometimes the truth can hurt, or put one in a dangerous situation.”
    â€œDangerous? In some ways.” He paused to study her. “I’m still thinking about that kiss. Are you?”
    â€œYes,” she admitted on a sigh. Something about Dillon Traub demanded honesty.
    â€œDo you feel if you became involved with me, you’d be putting your job in jeopardy?”
    â€œI’ve thought about that…and other things.”
    â€œWhat other things?”
    â€œI’ve been the butt of gossip before. I don’t want to be again.”
    â€œThat’s one thing. What’s another?”
    â€œEmilia. Even if I were willing to take a risk for myself, I can’t take risks with her.”
    â€œBut there’s still more, isn’t there?”
    â€œI don’t have time to spare…not with Emilia and work and—”
    â€œOkay, I get the idea. But I don’t think I’m wrong about the attraction between us, am I?”
    If she answered, she’d be putting too much power in his hands. She lowered her gaze, choosing not to let him see what was going on inside of her.
    He lifted her chin with his thumb. “Erika?”
    If she stood here much longer, she might end up in his arms! There was a magnetic pull toward him that could sweep her off her feet if she let it. But she had to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground. The touch of his finger on her skin, however, gave her thoughts wings. She couldn’t seem to capture even one of them at the moment.
    She had her purse slung over her shoulder and now her cell phone rang from inside of it. Saved by