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in need of either.”  I gave her thigh a supportive squeeze.  “Come on, let’s get you home.”
     
    Exiting the airport, I hailed us a cab, ordering the driver to drop her off first.
    We pulled up to a large house with darkened windows and a well-lit porch.  Business must have been good.   I turned to her and said, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
    She nodded.  “Goodnight.”
    “Goodnight.”
    Making the driver wait, I watched on until she was tucked away inside before heading home.
     
    Exhausted and flustered as I walked through the threshold, I grabbed a beer from the fridge and collapsed on the couch to check my messages.  Scanning through all of them, I landed on one from Danica.
    As I was about to dial her number, my phone rang in my hand.
    “Think of the devil…” I said, smiling as I answered.  “How are you, sis?”
    “I just got a call from Nikki who said that there’s a proposition I need to take a look at?”
    I grumbled, my easy-going mood having evaporated.  “Hello to you too.”
    “What’s this about?”
    “It’s nothing and I’ve already told Winthrow we weren’t going for it.”
    “Uh-huh!  And that’s why Nicole thinks that it’s something worth looking into?”  I didn’t answer.  “So how’s it going with you two around the office?”
    “Fine.”  I left it at that.
    “The tension’s gone?”  Her voice denoted she didn’t believe the possibility.
    “I wouldn’t say that.” I recalled the events of the previous day and how she’d set me on fire.  “It’s fine.  We’re fine.”
    “Why do I sense that something’s up?”
    “Why do you think that something’s up?”
    “Because Nikki sounded weird when I spoke to her and, come to think of it, so do you.  Did something happen in Austin?”
    “You mean, aside from me having to prevent her from passing out from a panic attack on the flight there… maybe,” I said without thinking.
    “Mike!  Wait, she freaked out?”
    “Yeah.” I chuckled.  “She’s never flown before.”
    “Never?”
    “Nope.”
    “Huh!  Funny, I never knew that,” she said.  “So what do you mean by ‘maybe’?”  I could see that my lack of censorship was going to cost me.
    “Maybe something happened… maybe it didn’t.”
    “What happened, Michael?”  She sounded less than humored.
    “A gentleman never kisses and tells.”  It had been a while since I’d riled up my sister.
    “You didn’t!” she said with shock.  “She would never!”
    “Why don’t you ask her who came up with the latest game?”  I told her.  “Let me tell you one thing, Nicole sure has changed some since her high school days.  She’s not so innocent.”
    “I’m asking you, Michael,” she whined.  “What did you do to her?”
    “Far less than she’s done to me, that’s for sure,” I mumbled.  “Now, if you don’t mind, I need to get to bed.  Your best friend has been wreaking havoc on my sleeping habits.”
    “You fucked her!”  She shocked me with how crass her conclusion sounded, just as much as she accused instead of inquiring.
    “What?  No!” I began to ramble.  “I just haven’t been sleeping that well.  Then there was the whole thing at the hospital, and the hotel bar…”  Why the hell am I telling her this?
    “The hospital?  What happened that you needed the hospital?” she asked.  “And what bar?”
    “When you were in labor, we ran into one of her old friends.”
    “Oh no… not Dean.”
    “Yeah… how’d you know?”
    “There’s a reason why she doesn’t like you,” she began, “and it all boils down to him.”
    “I kind of figured as much.  The guy’s an idiot, by the way.”  I figured that Danica might know why, so I asked.  “What happened?”
    “Look, it’s not my story to tell, but whatever games you two are playing, you need to stop.  She’s been through more than enough and I love you both too much to see either one of you getting hurt.”
    “I’m not playing