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pissed Bly off; his cousin was a low-life gigolo who always had some sort of agenda. Bly had avoided him for weeks, but Evangeline had insisted that he fly to Paris with Alex and Amanda for her wedding. They were leaving the next day, and although he wasn’t looking forward to having his cousin along or seeing his nut-case aunt, he was happy to be getting away from his life for a few days.
    “Alright,” Bly said, sighing heavily, “send him in.”
    “Hey, Alex, I’m looking forward to Paris tomorrow, how about you? I know you have a pregnant wife so, I’m thinking you might be looking for a little action. I’m going to the Mayor’s Gala tonight, thought you might like to tag along. There’s always world-class pussy at that shindig.”
    “Yeah, I’m going to have to pass, Bennet, be at the hangar by six in the morning or you’ll miss your ride.”
    “Oh, for sure, I’ll be there. Listen Alex, you will not believe the hot little number I’ve got my eye on. She’ll be at the party tonight and I think you might remember her,” Bennet said, leaning forward and snagging a Cuban cigar from the box on Bly’s desk.
    “Mr. Bly, I have your conference call waiting, his assistant said, and he told Bennet he would see him in the morning.
    *
    “I don’t want to go without you, but this is a big event for Sheppard and Sheridan,” Charlotte told Finn as he lay on the sofa with the flu.
    “Oh, he’ll be fine,” Georgina said. She was watching Atticus so Charlotte could attend the Mayor’s Gala.
    “He’s not going to be there, is he, my love?” Finn asked, catching Charlotte’s hand as she walked by the sofa and pulling her down next to him.
    “If he is, I’ll run in the opposite direction,” she told him, kissing his irresistible mouth, he had a fever and his lips were red and burning hot because of it.
    “Careful, I’ll give you my disease,” he said.
    “You are my disease,” she said, stretching out next to him, “and if I get sick, then we will lie around in bed together.”
    “Let’s do that anyway, and at the party, my love, I wish you would wear panties,” he said. “Since I won’t be there to protect your virtue.”
    “I am wearing panties, and my virtue flew out the window the night I saw you standing in the shower,” she said, and he gave her his crooked grin and they kissed until they were both out of breath. 
    *
    Charlotte wandered through the museum at Balboa Park and she didn’t stop as she passed the Gauguin where her life had changed. She said hello to Witt Collier who was running for governor and she promised to vote for him. The bartender handed her a vodka-tonic and she sipped it, then she went to stand on the back terrace. She had gotten her period that morning and she knew it was soon to hope for another pregnancy, but still it made her sad.
    “You look ravishing,” Bennet said, and Charlotte jumped. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you, Charlotte. I’ve been watching you tonight, you’re so lovely. I thought perhaps if you really won’t represent me, that I could just fuck you. If you’ll be very quiet, we can do it right here,” he said and caught Charlotte’s arm before she could run away. He slammed her against him and slipped his hand up her dress so fast she simply reacted and broke her cocktail glass against his forehead. He spun away from her cursing and she ran through the museum and out to her car.
    When Charlotte got home, Georgina said Finn’s fever had finally broken and he was sound asleep upstairs. She thought it was best if she took Atticus home with her until the chance of his being infected had passed. Charlotte kissed the baby and put him in Georgina’s car, then she filled the big tub in the master bathroom and settled into the hot water.
    She wanted to tell Finn about Bennet Sommerfeld, but she was afraid he might actually kill him. She couldn’t imagine why the man was suddenly showing up everywhere, or why he was interested in her. She