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clear across town, over the proverbial railroad tracks and on the bad side of town. They walked up four flights on a stairwell with a rickety banister. Her apartment was accessible only by an outdoor hall. Chipped paint greeted them on the doors and walls as they walked along the long hall to her apartment. Felicity struggled to unlock three locks to open the door. She gave him an uncertain smile. “It’s for extra security.” Dogs barked from the inside.
    Clearly, the girl needed help—and lots of it. She obviously needed a car that started and a decent place to live, somewhere safer and better maintained. Maybe he could help. After all, he had a fleet of luxury cars, a driver, and bodyguards at his twenty-four-hour access and lived in a sprawling mansion with more bedrooms than he ever had guests to fill.
    But flash warnings ran through his brain. He knew he trekked on dangerous territory where friendship and romance could not be separated. Besides, he had a hunch Felicity Burgess would be too proud to accept his help anyway.

Chapter 3
    Felicity fumbled with the keys to open her apartment door. Her two collies were barking like crazy inside. She had to invite Max in after all he’d done for her. But, did she want him to see her apartment’s shabby conditions?
    She glanced at him. “Come on in. It’s too late now to do any work on my laptop. I’m tired. I guess I’ll be able to spend some time with Jenny.” Rambling. Again. “I’ll make some coffee.”
    “Sounds good.”
    As soon as Felicity stepped into the apartment, the collies barreled into the room, ignoring Felicity and inspecting Max.
    “I hope you’re not allergic to dogs.” Felicity tried to pull the collies off Max.
    Max shook his head and seemed to enjoy petting and playing with them. “No. Not at all. Love them actually. If I didn’t travel so much, I’d have them myself. What are their names?”
    “This one is Chicky.” Felicity patted the shorter, fairer-haired dog and then pointed to the other dark brown one. “The other one is Frisky. So named because Chicky is a girl and Frisky is a boy who constantly flirts.”
    “Hey, I didn’t know we were going to have company.” Jenny hobbled into the living room on her crutches with Ben in tow.
    “I had some car trouble,” Felicity said, showing Max into the parlor. “This is Max Marx and this is my sister, Jenny, and her friend, Ben.”
    “I know who you are.” Jenny leaned forward on her crutches and put her hand out to shake Max’s hand. “I—I’m a big fan of your Forth movies.” Her eyes glazed over in sheer admiration. You’re more handsome in person.”
    Max blushed. “Well, thank you.”
    Ben approached Max maneuvering between the squirming dogs and took his turn at shaking Max’s hand. “A famous guy in Jen’s place. Go figure.”
    “Yeah, I’m not such a big deal,” Max answered.
    Ben pursued the point. “I love the Forth action series. When will there be a new one?”
    “Umm, I’ll be heading to Australia soon for the next movie in the franchise. It’ll be released the end of next year.”
    “I’d like to hear more about it.” Ben raised his brow, obviously star struck.
    Jenny tugged Ben away from Max. “Come on. We can talk later. What’s up with the car, Felice?”
    “Oh it’s nothing. It could need a new battery. We had AAA tow it to a local mechanic.”
    “I hope it’ll be all right. Hey, Felice, I hate to ask, but the dogs need a walk and we haven’t gone out yet. Can you two take them?” Jenny asked.
    Felicity grabbed the two-dog leash from the doorway bench. “Sure thing, Jen.” Felicity leashed the dogs up. “We’ll be back.” And she and Max were once again out in the balmy summer air.
    Felicity couldn’t get over how ordinary things seemed with this extraordinary person.
    Max was relieved Felicity didn’t say goodnight and grateful to spend a little more time with her. In the few short hours he’d spent with her, he’d already