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Chase wavered back and forth on unsteady feet. "Alone at last," he proclaimed with a sweep of his arm. "Hey, your apartment's nice."
He took a step forward but she held up a hand. "Stop right there and make it quick. What is it you want to tell me?"
"Is Will your boyfriend now? Hey, maybe he’ll be my brother-in-law. Half-brother-in-law. If you have kids I’ll be an uncle. Half-uncle? Is that a thing?” He gave her that quirky grin that kind of reminded her of her own.
She tried hard not to roll her eyes. "Get on with it, Chase."
"It’s big, Merry. A big secret. I'm kind of risking my internship to tell you." He sniffed the air. "Do you have any food? I haven't eaten all day."
She marched into the kitchen and grabbed some cartons of leftover Chinese food from her refrigerator. She fou
