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is there?“
    “There damn sure is a rush. You’re pregnant. About three weeks along. We’re going to get married as soon as
    possible.“
    “We are?“ She felt as if she were being swept over Chained Lady Falls. Having accepted the inevitability of the
    marriage, she still hadn’t quite accepted the reality of it. Just as she hadn’t fully accepted the reality of her pregnancy,
    she realized. She was half-afraid that when the marriage became a fact, the pregnancy would also become real. “Maybe
    we should wait until I get tested to find out for certain if I’m pregnant.“
    “We both know you’re pregnant. But we can get the test done here in town tomorrow just to tie up loose ends. We
    can also apply for the license tomorrow and have the official ceremony on Friday.“
    Diana felt stunned and breathless. “The end of the week?“
    “You want to invite your mother?“
    “Oh, my God. My mother. Of course I want to invite her.“
    “I’ll invite Brandon. Anyone else we need to worry about?“
    “Well, no, I guess not, but Colby, this is so sudden.“
    “Relax. I’ll take care of everything.“
    “You keep saying that,“ she wailed.
    “Try believing it.“ He turned on his side and met her eyes in the shadows. “You know what your problem is?“
    “I’m afraid to ask.“
    “You’re still playing the denial game. You figure if you just ignore the pregnancy, it might go away and your nice,
    neat, conveniently structured life will return to normal. I’m disappointed in you, Diana. You’re a businesswoman. You
    should be able to face facts. You know damn well nothing will ever be the same for you again.“
    “They won’t be the same for you, either,“ she shot back, goaded.
    “I’ll handle it.“
    “Terrific. I can’t tell you how relieved I am to hear that.“
    “Diana?“
    “Yes?“
    “It’s going to work out. Wait and see.“
    “Famous last words.“ She turned toward him with a little moan and burrowed into his arms. “I'm scared,“ she
    confided.
    “I know.“
    Her mouth brushed his shoulder in a soft, humble caress. “Tm very glad you’re with me,“ she added in a barely
    audible voice.
    Colby chuckled in the darkness. “At least you can admit it. There was a time, my sweet little amazon, when you
    didn’t think you needed a man, remember?“
    “Don’t rub it in.“ She found his ribs with her finger.
    “Hey, no fair tickling me when I’m luxuriating in postcoital afterglow.“ He caught her fingers.
    “Is that what it’s called?“
    “Something like that. I don’t have my thesaurus handy, or else I’d double-check my terminology.“
    “Shame on you. A writer should never be without his thesaurus.“
    “Obviously you’re a bad influence on me.“ He kissed her throat.
    Diana laughed for the first time in days. “I can’t resist. You’re so good when you’re bad.“
    Colby joined in her laughter and tumbled her down across his aroused body.
    Eddy Spooner paused in the act of drawing the rubber squeegee across the Jeep’s windshield. He used a
    grease-stained hand to push his limp blond hair behind his ear as he peered down at Colby. The old army combat
    fatigues he wore smelled of gasoline and oil. His glacial blue eyes were narrowed in amazed consternation.
    “Is it true what I heard this morning? You really gonna marry that Diana Prentice?“
    “I see gossip still travels around this town as fast as it did twenty years ago. Yeah, it’s true. Damn it, Specter, quit
    drooling on me.“ Colby pushed Specter’s heavy muzzle off his shoulder. The dog had been leaning over the front seat,
    his tongue lolling between his teeth as he watched Spooner clean the windshield.
    Specter didn’t take offense. He lumbered to the other side of the Jeep and stared across the street at the post
    office. Diana had disappeared inside to collect the mail a few minutes earlier.
    “Jesus, Colby, don’t take this personal or nothin’, but why in hell you want to marry the woman?