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shrieked and laughed.
    â€œThere’s a lot of humanity around here,” she said as she passed him the green salad.
    â€œI like it. Being around kids is fun. They always have the most interesting questions and so much curiosity about what life is like everywhere. That’s what I got asked the most when I traveled. Is America really like the movies?” He grinned. “That and if Wolverine was real.”
    â€œWhat did you say?”
    â€œThat he was one of the good guys.”
    She laughed. “I didn’t know the two of you were close.”
    â€œI don’t like to talk about it.”
    â€œFool’s Gold must seem so small,” she murmured, and cut into her steak. “How do you stand being away from your bromance?”
    â€œHe texts me all the time. Sometimes it gets annoying.”
    She nodded. “I can imagine. Speaking of famous people, have you seen your dad?”
    â€œKilljoy.”
    â€œShould I take that as a yes?”
    Del leaned back in his chair. “I stopped by the house and saw both my parents. My father wanted to talk about Nick wasting his talent.”
    Maya remembered how Ceallach had always preferred the three younger sons. The ones who took after him. “I suppose there’s some comfort in consistency.”
    â€œThat’s the optimist in you. I prefer to think of my father as...” He reached for his glass. “No reason to go there.” He sipped. “Yes, I saw my father and he seems well.” He glanced at her. “Are you going to be helping my mom with the plans for my dad’s party?”
    â€œI’ve offered. Why?”
    â€œBecause it’s a lot for her to do on her own.”
    â€œYou could take care of some of it.”
    â€œI’ll do my best, but you know halfway through, she’ll take it all away from me and explain how she can do it better.”
    Maya sighed. “Yes, she will. Elaine does like to maintain control over every situation.”
    â€œSo do you.”
    â€œI wish. I gave up control a long time ago. A hazard of the job. There are a million things that can go wrong on any given story and I’ve had to deal with them all.”
    â€œIs that why you left television?”
    â€œPartly. I left because I was tired of beating my head against a wall that was never going to give way.” She frowned. “Is that what’s supposed to happen? The wall gives way? You break through. Man, I hate it when I don’t think through a cliché.”
    He grinned at her. “Good to know you’re not perfect.”
    â€œI’m far from that.”
    Miles
, she thought.
Miles and miles.
Although being with Del was nice. More comfortable than she would have thought. He’d always been easy on the eyes, but she’d thought there might be some tension between them. Because of how things had ended.
    Apparently not. Here they were, having dinner as if they were old friends. She took a bite of steak. Maybe they were. Maybe they’d both moved on enough that the past didn’t matter.
    â€œThere’s no Mr. Farlow?” he asked, the question unexpected.
    â€œUh, no. What about you?”
    â€œNo Mr. Mitchell,” he said, his eyes bright with amusement.
    She groaned. “You know what I mean.”
    â€œHey, my romantic life was public knowledge.”
    It had been, she thought. “That kind of comes with being semifamous and then dating a beautiful figure skater,” she said gently.
    â€œSemifamous.” He pressed a hand to his chest. “Way to go for the kill shot.”
    She rolled her eyes. “Oh, please. You know what I mean. You were known, but not a tabloid regular. Plus, you’re not interested in fame.”
    â€œYou sure about that?”
    She studied him for a second, then nodded. “Absolutely.”
    He picked up his wine. “You’re right. I never liked that part of dating Hyacinth. There were choices made to