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mother had tried to push her toward before she even got her moving boxes unpacked and settled into her new home. One mention of a doctor at the facility she would be working at and her mother started planning the prelude to a wedding.
“So does this mean we’re still friends?” He looked in her eyes. If only he knew.
“Always,” she said. “But maybe we can deal with the time we lost later. I’m too worried about Ariana to really focus on the past.”
He nodded. “We’re worried about Preston.”
“Has this happened before; Preston going missing?”
“No. He’s been in situations where he lost contact, but we always hear from him. Right now, with his ex-wife now missing too it makes us wonder…makes me wonder.”
She nodded. “I understand.” She took a calming breath and exhaled slowly. “So Kelly is marrying your brother, huh?”
“Yeah. Can you believe it?”
She laughed softly. “They’re perfect for each other.”
“Ouch.”
“She’s a self-centered, money hungry witch and your brother, no offense to you meant, is a jerk of astronomical proportions.”
He laughed. “None taken.”
“You always deserved better than Kelly, Alex. I just wish you had…”
“Had what?”
She shrugged. Some things were better left unsaid. “Do you still watch the stars at night?”
“Absolutely. You know I wouldn’t stop doing that. What about you?”
“I just secured a research grant to study the unknown up there. It’s going to be great. This is huge and I’m going to be moving to a larger facility to do it. This baby is all mines too.”
“Are you leaving Texas? I feel like I just found you again.”
“Well, we did just find each other again,” she said. “But I’m not leaving Texas. The observation facility is in Hill Country—”
“I live in Hill Country.”
“I live in Round Rock,” she told him.
He ran his finger along the belly dance cuff attached to her upper arm. “Belly dance huh?”
She nodded. “Hmm, yeah,” she said as she tried to keep her voice from trembling. His finger against her skin felt so good. She wanted more.
“When did you start that?”
“I had some classes before I left. I took a few in Alaska, but not many. When I came back I went right to Ariana and joined her classes again. It’s just something I do…when I can…you know. I like it,” her voice was breathy as he kept running his finger along her arm. If he knew what that simple act was doing to her right now maybe he would stop. She didn’t want him to stop, but maybe she needed him to stop.
“You look good, Zahara. This looks very,” he looked her over once more, “very good on you.”
She laughed nervously. He had no idea what he was doing to her right now. “Thanks,” she finally found the words to say.
“We should get together when all this is over and catch up. I want to hear what you have been up to over the years.”
“I would like that,” she spoke softly because what she would really like would be to have him in the way she had always longed to have him. Of course she would rather be friends than be nothing at all to each other and it would seem that Alex still only saw her as a friend. Maybe he was dating somebody anyway. A man like Alex didn’t stay single long. He was good, and cute, and entirely sexy with a level head on his shoulders so any woman would be lucky to have him. Women were probably beating down his front door to be with him. She was contemplating if she should ask him or not when Jet and Micah came back into the room with a few manila folders. Jet pulled out a series of photos and handed them to her.
“Take your time,” he said. “Make sure you look at them carefully and let me know if anybody jumps out at you.”
She looked through picture after picture and while all the men had that dark hair, dark eyes, Middle Eastern look,
“So does this mean we’re still friends?” He looked in her eyes. If only he knew.
“Always,” she said. “But maybe we can deal with the time we lost later. I’m too worried about Ariana to really focus on the past.”
He nodded. “We’re worried about Preston.”
“Has this happened before; Preston going missing?”
“No. He’s been in situations where he lost contact, but we always hear from him. Right now, with his ex-wife now missing too it makes us wonder…makes me wonder.”
She nodded. “I understand.” She took a calming breath and exhaled slowly. “So Kelly is marrying your brother, huh?”
“Yeah. Can you believe it?”
She laughed softly. “They’re perfect for each other.”
“Ouch.”
“She’s a self-centered, money hungry witch and your brother, no offense to you meant, is a jerk of astronomical proportions.”
He laughed. “None taken.”
“You always deserved better than Kelly, Alex. I just wish you had…”
“Had what?”
She shrugged. Some things were better left unsaid. “Do you still watch the stars at night?”
“Absolutely. You know I wouldn’t stop doing that. What about you?”
“I just secured a research grant to study the unknown up there. It’s going to be great. This is huge and I’m going to be moving to a larger facility to do it. This baby is all mines too.”
“Are you leaving Texas? I feel like I just found you again.”
“Well, we did just find each other again,” she said. “But I’m not leaving Texas. The observation facility is in Hill Country—”
“I live in Hill Country.”
“I live in Round Rock,” she told him.
He ran his finger along the belly dance cuff attached to her upper arm. “Belly dance huh?”
She nodded. “Hmm, yeah,” she said as she tried to keep her voice from trembling. His finger against her skin felt so good. She wanted more.
“When did you start that?”
“I had some classes before I left. I took a few in Alaska, but not many. When I came back I went right to Ariana and joined her classes again. It’s just something I do…when I can…you know. I like it,” her voice was breathy as he kept running his finger along her arm. If he knew what that simple act was doing to her right now maybe he would stop. She didn’t want him to stop, but maybe she needed him to stop.
“You look good, Zahara. This looks very,” he looked her over once more, “very good on you.”
She laughed nervously. He had no idea what he was doing to her right now. “Thanks,” she finally found the words to say.
“We should get together when all this is over and catch up. I want to hear what you have been up to over the years.”
“I would like that,” she spoke softly because what she would really like would be to have him in the way she had always longed to have him. Of course she would rather be friends than be nothing at all to each other and it would seem that Alex still only saw her as a friend. Maybe he was dating somebody anyway. A man like Alex didn’t stay single long. He was good, and cute, and entirely sexy with a level head on his shoulders so any woman would be lucky to have him. Women were probably beating down his front door to be with him. She was contemplating if she should ask him or not when Jet and Micah came back into the room with a few manila folders. Jet pulled out a series of photos and handed them to her.
“Take your time,” he said. “Make sure you look at them carefully and let me know if anybody jumps out at you.”
She looked through picture after picture and while all the men had that dark hair, dark eyes, Middle Eastern look,
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