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phone, the other one had to go find him.
    â€œYes. I swear she thinks I’m still twelve.”
    â€œMy mom does the same thing.”
    â€œReally?”
    â€œYeah. She worries about her boys.”
    â€œThat’s sweet. What’s she like?”
    She looked vulnerable, and he could tell by the flush on her skin that she was battling sexual arousal as well.
    â€œShe’s larger than life but in a different way than my dad is. She has the image in her head…I think it’s some crazy Donna-Reed-meets-the-Jetsons mom. She’s always baking and knitting and making things.”
    â€œShe sounds great.”
    â€œShe is. She just lives in a kind of fantasy world.”
    â€œMy mom is totally into reality.”
    â€œI can see that about your mom. Is she anything like her television persona?”
    â€œYes. She’s everything like that. But with my brother and I it’s more personal. Sorry I didn’t mention you on the phone, but she’d never have stopped asking questions and probably would have wanted to talk to you.”
    â€œAnd that would be bad?”
    â€œOh, yes. She’d ask you a million questions and then give you a rundown of my flaws. So that you can approach this relationship with your eyes open.”
    â€œReally?” he asked, moving closer to her. “What are Lauren’s flaws?”
    â€œOther than dreaming about a fantasy man…”
    â€œOther than that.”
    â€œI think cooking should take only thirty minutes. I love shoes and don’t care if I don’t have an outfit that matches them. I won’t wear a thong, no matter how much a man begs.”
    He tipped his head back to study her. He wanted to see her in a thong but he could live without that one. “I think meals should be enjoyed and lingered over like a beautiful woman. I love trying new things. I wouldn’t wear a thong either.”
    Lauren laughed and leaned toward him. He pulled her tight against his chest and held her in his arms, letting the sound of her laughter fill the dark recesses of his soul.

Six
    L auren already didn’t like the new shift, but that was because she’d had to get out of bed at four o’clock in the morning to be at the station by four-thirty.
    Lauren took a sip of her chai and settled into the DJ booth with her notes in front of her. At night she seldom discussed the day’s news stories unless one of her listeners wanted to, but the morning was different. People were relying on WCPD to deliver information on their way to work.
    Her producer, Rodney, was sharing the booth with Didi Sera, Ray’s producer. Ray was funny, and already Ty had mentioned they’d had a surge in listeners even though he’d only been in town a week.
    There was something about his drop-dead style of blunt advice and acerbic wit that drew listeners. Even her mom had been listening to the show on the Web and had said that Ray was interesting.
    â€œMorning, Lauren. You ready to do this thing?” Ray said as he entered the booth. He set a large Starbucks cup on the counter and reached for his headphones.
    â€œYes, I am. I’m not sure that you need me.”
    He tilted his head to the side. “I definitely need you here. That one is always on my case. She’s usually nicer when there’s another woman around.”
    â€œI can hear you, Ray,” Didi said from the producer’s booth.
    â€œ Madon’, see what I mean?”
    Lauren fought the urge to laugh. She wasn’t getting in the middle of whatever was going on between Ray and Didi.
    â€œHow’s the Mile of Men sign-up going?” Lauren asked. She hadn’t heard from Jack over the weekend. And it looked as if her internal radar was up to par. Once again she was falling for a guy who was going to let her down.
    â€œVery slow,” he said.
    â€œUm…I did something on my show that worked for a while,” she