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    “Oh! I didn’t know. She never tells me anything.”
    “Well, if this Jim’s not married,” his mother said, “Alex could introduce him to Susan.”
    “He’s married, Mom. Susan will find someone.” His other sister, Janet, was married, and it seemed to be his mother’s goal in life to marry off Susan.
    “I had hoped you’d introduce Susan to someone, but you never have.”
    “I did try a few times, Mom, but it never worked out.”
    “Well, I don’t like you hiring Susan to work for our company. She shouldn’t have to work there.”
    “She thinks it might be fun to try, Mom. So can I tell her you don’t mind?”
    “I suppose. But if she doesn’t like it, you must help her find a nice job at once.”
    “I promise, Mom.”
    Though his mother protested his leaving so quickly, he headed back to the office. He found Pete and Susan in Pete’s office. He was already teaching her “Quality Assurance,” which had been Judith’s job.
    “Everything going okay?” David asked.
    The pair jumped as if they’d been doing something illegal.
    “Oh, David, yes, everything’s fine,” Susan said. “Pete is doing a wonderful job of teaching me what to do. Did…did you talk to Mom?”
    “I did, and she agrees, as long as I promise to find you another job if you don’t like this one.”
    “Thanks, David,” Susan said.
    “No problem. Pete, everything okay with you?”
    “Sure, everything’s great,” Pete answered, but his smile was directed to Susan, not David.
    David made a mental note to keep an eye on his friend. He thought a lot of Pete and wouldn’t mind having him in the family. In fact, he preferred Pete to his current brother-in-law, Janet’s husband, Jerry. He worked in his father’s stock brokerage firm and David found him pretentious and snobbish. But David’s mother was very impressed with him.
    Returning to his office, David sat for a moment to think. He knew Alex would approve of what he’d done today, though he hadn’t done it for her approval. He’dbeen worrying about Susan for a while now. She hadn’t seemed happy. Maybe now….
    His thoughts turned to Alex. He’d always tried to be a big brother to her, too, since she had no brothers. His desire to protect her was what had prompted him to pay a visit to Greenfield and Associates.
    Of course, she didn’t appreciate his efforts. But she was working with Jim. She’d be okay. He wished he could say as much about her latest boyfriend. Neil Logan was a divorced cop and seven years older than Alex, who was only twenty-four, the same age as Susan.
    He focused his mind on his work. He’d given enough time to thinking about his family today. Besides, thinking about the company was important to his family, since they enjoyed the proceeds.
     
    A LEX WAS THRILLED . She’d just successfully completed her first case at her job, and tonight she’d get to tell Neil about her job change. Now if he was interested in a future with her, there was nothing to keep them apart.
    She was in the kitchen when she heard Neil’s knock on the door. They usually ate at her apartment since Neil said it would be better if they kept their relationship quiet. That was another reason for her leaving the police force. She wasn’t comfortable with secrets.
    When she opened the door, Neil swept her into his arms and kissed her. “Hey, did you miss me?” he asked.
    “Of course I did.” She smiled. He always wanted toknow if she’d missed him, even if it was only a day or two since she’d seen him. “How was your family?”
    She listened patiently while he talked about his family. She was waiting for him to finish, hoping he would ask about what she’d done during his vacation. Dinner was over before he got to that stage. By then, Alex was more than a little irritated.
    “So, what did you do while I was gone?” he finally asked.
    “I got a new job,” she said casually.
    “You what?”
    “I got a new job.”
    “You left the police force?”