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died, he had welcomed the no-strings-attached sex, but it just wasn’t enough now. Not since Eva had entered his life.
    Mike begged off dancing, explaining that he had to get up early. He took the disappointed young lady to her hotel. When he tried to explain why he wasn’t going to join her for the night, Mike couldn’t really give a good reason.
    The young woman listened patiently and then said, “You don’t have to explain. You’re in love with someone else.” She pressed his hand. “Happy for you. Thank you for a lovely evening.”
    “You’re a class act, Babe. They don’t make many like you anymore.”
    The young woman kissed Mike goodbye on the cheek and sashayed into the hotel.
    All the men turned to stare at her.
    Mike sat in his jeep and thought about what she had said to him.
    A honk sounded. “Move your jeep, buddy!”
    Mike waved okay and drove the jeep off the hotel’s property. All the way home he kept thinking if his date had been right on the money.
    Was it true? Was he falling in love . . . again?

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    M ike arrived early the next morning to find Eva already turning on the sprinklers for the plants. Mike looked at the sun. No doubt it was going to be a scorcher today.
    He jumped out of the jeep and headed toward her. “Hey, Eva.”
    “Good morning,” greeted Eva. She had had a sleepless night. Finally she had come to the conclusion that she must treat Mike as though she had seen nothing at the restaurant. She couldn’t afford to have a tiff with him and then have him quit, leaving her stranded. For the sake of the Last Chance Motel, she had to keep a cool head if not a cool heart.
    If she were fair, she would admit that Mike had promised or insinuated nothing except for a little casual flirting and one kiss. Hardly a commitment on either of their parts.
    “Hi,” rejoined Mike, coming up to Eva. His heart started beating faster. It caused him to lose his concentration.
    “Yes?”
    “Ahmmm. Can I talk to you for a moment?”
    “You’re not quitting, are you?” Eva wondered if he had seen her run from the restaurant after all. The thought of Mike quitting left her cold.
    Mike shook his head. “No, no. Ahmmm. I was just wondering if you would like . . .”
    Just then Juan drove into the compound, blowing his horn in greeting.
    “I can never get a break,” murmured Mike.
    “What was that?”
    “Nothing. I’ll talk to you later.”
    “What do you need?”
    “I’ll tell you later,” replied Mike, moving to join Juan. He needed some privacy to ask Eva out. He didn’t need Juan as his wing man on this.

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    T he last bathroom had been demolished and Eva waited in her office for the plumber and his staff to finish installing the new pipes.
    The original pipes were made of copper but many of them had to be torn out. Eva made sure the discarded copper was properly secured as she was going to scrap it along with the cast iron bathtubs. It would bring in a small amount of welcomed revenue.
    Seeing Mike going over the invoice with the plumber through the window, Eva gathered her checkbook and went outside. She waited at a discreet distance until Mike finished negotiations.
    They had previously agreed upon a fixed estimate of the repairs and now it seemed that the plumber wanted more money.
    Eva would let Mike handle this. He was very good at this part of his job, which was to keep costs down. Finally there seemed to be an accord for the two men shook hands. Mike brought the invoice over to her.
    She looked at it. “This is not the amount for the bid.”
    “I know but he ran into some issues we weren’t expecting. I think this is a fair deal. I talked him down five hundred dollars.”
    Eva consented and wrote out a check, giving it to Mike. He walked over and gave it to the plumber. They shook hands again and the plumber waved goodbye to Eva.
    Mike might have given Eva’s heart a little pinch, but she trusted him completely on construction matters. She started back into the