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today?”  Will went on to tell him how his left eye was purple and his nose, while bruised, wasn’t broken. 
    “What the hell happened last night?  I mean Derek was no more obnoxious than usual; why not ignore him like we usually do?”
    “I wish I knew, man.  I wish I knew.”
    “How’d you get home?  Did you have to call a cab or did George come to get you?” 
    “I called Holly.”  Stephen sat and waited for Will to respond.  He waited several long minutes before his friend spoke.
    “Really?  You still want to cling to your story that there’s nothing going on between the two of you?  Because I’ve got to tell you, buddy, a normal, unattached guy would have just called a cab or his driver, not his beautiful assistant.”
    Will thought Holly was beautiful?  He felt himself getting defensive again and had to take a deep breath before continuing.  “I don’t even know why I called her and five minutes after she got there I wished I hadn’t.”
    “Why?”
    “She gave me hell for it.  She yelled at me most of the way here.”
    “ Holly ?  Sweet, friendly, quiet Holly actually yelled at you?  Come on now, you’ve got to be kidding me.”
    Stephen went on to tell Will all about their discussion in the car, leaving nothing out.  Stephen had always been able to trust Will with anything and everything that was why it was so important that they talk right now.  Stephen was confused about so many things and he needed the sounding board of his close friend to help him know what to do. 
    “Unfortunately, no.  Listen, man, I need to know if we’re cool again.  Can you forgive me for being such an ass last night?”
    “Yea, we’re cool.  I know that it wasn’t me you were pissed at.  I was just stupid enough to let myself get in the middle of it.  I should have just kicked back and let the two of you pound on each other for a while.  If it’s any consolation, I lit in to Derek pretty good, too, all the way home.  He hasn’t called today so I guess he’s still sulking.  I don’t think anyone’s ever told Derek how big of a prick he can be at times.”   Stephen agreed.
    “I just…well, I need you to know that I really am sorry.  I have no excuses; I’m not going to try to make any.  I was wrong and I’m sorry.”  He paused.  “Listen, now that we’ve got that squared away, I need your advice.”
    Will sighed.  “Is it about Holly?”
    Stephen pulled the phone away from his ear for a minute in disbelief.  “How’d you know?”
    “Just a hunch.  So what’s the problem?  You pissed because she yelled at you?”
    “I was, but I got over it when I realized how much I deserved it.  No, my problem is that she wants to quit.”  Will stayed silent.  “She threw that at me in the midst of the fight last night.  I convinced her to think on it for a little bit longer and then she stayed the night and…”
    “Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!”  Will interrupted.  “You slept with Holly?”
    “No!  It was three-thirty in the morning and it was storming and I already felt like crap for getting her out of bed in the middle of the night so I set her up in one of the guest rooms.”
    “Uh-huh,” Will said skeptically.  “So she went home today?”
    Silence.
    “Stephen?  Did she go home today?”
    “No.  There were trees down in the subdivision and the roads were blocked. She did leave but she came back five minutes later.  We spent the day together, just hanging out and talking and I swear to you, I never had a single sexual thought about her before.  But now, after spending the day with her…something’s different.”
    “No, it’s not.  It’s always been there but you never let yourself think about it because you were so focused on the business.”  He chuckled.  “You have to understand, being your friend and all, I was a third party watching it all from the outside.  Man, you watch her.”
    “Why?  Why should I watch her?  You