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When Rebecca awoke, she was alone on the bed. Richie had left a note saying he’d meet her in the restaurant at noon, and that he would call Shay and Vito to join them.
She stepped into the Jade Dragon’s dining room.
Richie sat at a table in the back, next to the kitchen—an easy exit if necessary. She was glad he decided to meet here, where there were windows and daylight, rather than in the private downstairs room where they usually dined.
She joined him.
She no sooner sat than Shay walked in, his blue-eyed gaze going from her to Richie and back. She was surprised that his stare wasn’t as icy as usual. She must be wrong, she told herself. In the months she had known him he never showed the slightest modicum of human compassion. He might be handsome and intelligent, with an ability
