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one of her siblings because nobody else knew where she was staying—except Adam and she was sure he wasn’t calling her. He had just left.
    “Little sister,” Alyssa’s sweet voice came softly through the phone lines. “How’s it going?”
    “Okay,” she sighed.
    “You don’t sound okay.” The sweet tone in her voice changed to concern as she went into big sister protective mode.
    “It’s nothing really. It’s just…nothing.”
    “What’s going on, sis? You had a date last night didn’t you? Did it totally suck?”
    “No. I had a date tonight, but he was on call and he had to go in to work. So here I am, another night inside—not that being inside is the problem.
    “Talk to me, sis.”
    “Alyssa, we can’t seem to have an actual date. I mean the first time it was the brothers McGregor who showed up and ruined things. Then we were supposed to get together the next night, but Thomas and Gavin were still here and they refused to let me out of their sight. I couldn’t go on a date with my brothers attached to my hips like the Secret Service. This time, we were almost out the door when he got a call that they needed him at work.” She tossed her hand up in the air, not that her sister could see her. “Maybe it’s a sign.”
    “Eve, you don’t believe in signs.”
    No, she didn’t believe in them, but she was starting to.
    “Fourth time’s the charm.”
    She snorted. “Sure. Fourth time, which is tomorrow night, but I just remembered my work day. I might have to cancel. This is crazy. Maybe I should just forget about it.”
    “You like him. I can tell that you do, so don’t stress it Sweat Pea, just let it happen naturally.”
    She sat down on the bed with a heavy thud. Maybe what was bothering her most was the conversation she and Adam needed to have. How could she even bring it up? But then again, how could she not? He deserved to know. And it would be easier on her heart if he decided to walk away now than it would be if he decided to walk away later. “Do you think the fact that I want to wait will bother him?”
    She heard the sigh in her sister’s voice. “I don’t know, Eve. But you won’t know until you talk with him. And quite frankly if he’s not willing to get to know you just because you won’t be having sex with him, well then he doesn’t deserve to know you.”
    “I do like him,” she agreed. “I’d really love to see where this goes, but I’m scared it won’t work out. I mean look at mom and dad—”
    “Not all men are like dad, Eve. And you can’t let fear keep you out of the game. If you like this guy, then talk to him, see what happens, and go from there. Don’t count yourself out before you even try.”
    She wasn’t the type to run from dangerous, fear provoking situations. If anything, she had a tendency to run to them. She covered riots, liberations, protests, fires and other things in places most sane people were trying to run away from. But this, this thing with relationships she wasn’t so sure she was ready to run to that situation—no matter how much she was starting to like Adam. “Why are you so wise?”
    “Big sister rule number ten—have good advice on hand for little sister at all times.” She laughed. “It’s in the rule book.”
    “Oh, I didn’t know there was one.”
    “Of course, but it’s a book that’s only given out to big sisters.” They both laughed. “Seriously, he sounds nice. Don’t throw the chance away.”
    “Does he sound nice from the limited information I gave you, or have you been talking with our brothers?”
    “Both, but the fact that Thomas didn’t pull rank and tell him to stay away from you told me more than either of you put into words.”
    Eve nodded. A small part of her was actually glad that Thomas had met Adam. She trusted her big brother. She trusted that he was a good judge of character and if he had picked up on anything that made dating Adam seem perilous to her health then he would have said so