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what he needs.  Why just for right now?"
    " No, he needs you to do that for a long time, but he needs it right away."  She smiled at Sam as she added, "He also needs to find a good woman and I think you would do just fine."  She winked at the astonished look on Sam's face. "But he can take his time on that."
    Before Sam could catch her breath, let alone say anything, Trevor walked into the kitchen, taking his hat off and hanging it on a rack inside the door. 
    "Is there any more of that tea left?" he asked.  "And who can take his time on what?"
    Sam, who was instantly flustered again at his question and his deep sexy voice, was glad when Consuela got up and said, "I'll get you some tea and don't you worry about our girl talk.  Girls are allowed to gossip once in awhile."
    Trevor laughed at her words , shook his head.  "Just don't let me catch you gossiping about someone I know.  People get hurt that way and I won't have it in my house."  He smiled at Consuela.  "Thanks for the tea."  He took a big drink and smiled again.  "Boy, that's good.  I guess I was thirstier than I thought." 
    Consuela asked him a few questions about supper, but Sam wasn 't listening.  She was wondering about his statement.  What did he mean by he won't have gossiping in his house?  She was still staring off into space wondering about that when Consuela came over and gently rubbed her shoulder.  She glanced up and the older lady gave a tiny nod toward Trevor, who was talking.  She quickly looked up at him.  He looked at her like he was waiting for an answer, so she said, "I'm sorry, what?"
    He smiled as he said, "I don't know what you were thinking about, but you sure were thinking hard.  Anything you want to share out loud?"
    She tried to nonchalantly answer, "No," but she felt her own face flush. 
    He chuckled and said, "Now I really wish I knew what it was you were thinking about."  But then he quickly brushed it off by saying, "I asked if you were ready to go look at my dire financial situation."
    " Oh, sure, come on in.  I printed off some things that should help you out."
    " Will you decipher them for me, too?"
    " I'll answer any questions that I can, sure."
    They headed into his office and she rather liked how he led her in with a gentle hand on her back.  As they were nearing the door he asked, "So can I afford you?"
    She smiled up at him and said, "I think we can work something out."
    " Good."  They started looking over the financial statements for the last six months and Trevor was lost.  Sam gave him credit, though; he studied them carefully, asking good questions and soon had a fairly good understanding of the statements.
    " Trevor, can I ask you something?"
    Still studying the latest statements, he said, "Sure."
    " If this is none of my business just say so, but I know your sister always paid the bills and she left several weeks ago."
    He mumbled, "Yeah."
    " Even when she was here paying the bills, did you know how the ranch was doing?  I mean, did you know if you were even running in the black?"
    He stopped studying the documents and looked at her curiously.  Finally, he said, "Sam, from what I'm seeing here I will be able to hire you as my bookkeeper.  For us to work well together I think it would be very helpful if we knew a little bit about each other.  If I tell you my story, how I got to where I am now, will you tell me a little bit about yourself?"
    A stunned Sam looked at Trevor, who was looking very sincere.  She 'd never shared her whole story with anyone and wasn't ready to yet.  She wasn't even sure that Millie, her best friend through high school and college, knew the whole story and she was there through most of it.  Relating it would mean reliving it and she hadn't been able to do that yet, even with her.
    Trevor seemed to understand the inner struggle she was having and suggested, "Speaking for myself, Sam, I have a couple things in my past that affect me now.  If I come clean to you now, I