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said.
    She reached across the seat and brushed her fingers through his hair, bringing a smile to his lips.
    “And it would have been more fun sharing it with you,” she said.
    “Yes,” he said. “My evil plan to win your heart is working.”
    She laughed. “Don’t get all full of yourself.”
    When they entered the restaurant, she felt enveloped by the color blue. The lighting was blue. The décor was blue.
    “It’s very blue,” she said.
    “You’re supposed to feel as if you’re under water,” Allen said.
    Marry nodded. “I like it.”
    “The ceviche is the most popular dish on their menu, but they have a variety of seafood and other dishes,” he said.
    Allen ordered watermelon sangria for both of them. Marry took a tentative sip of the unfamiliar drink.
    “Mmm, sweet,” she said. “With just a little tang.”
    He leaned across the table and brushed a kiss against her lips. “Just like you.”
    She felt a blush rise to her cheeks. “Wait until you get to know me better,” she said.
    The waiter brought their crab cake appetizers and placed them on the table between them.
    “Besides going to Arecibo, what else did you do today?” he asked.
    “Hung out at the pool. Oh, I was chatting with mom on Facebook again, and it seems that I was wrong about her plans with Nick. They are talking about marriage,” she said with an eye roll.
    “You don’t approve?”
    “This would be her fourth marriage. At her age,” Marry said. “I think she should admit the fact that marriage isn’t something she’s good at.”
    Allen chuckled. “She doesn’t have a good track record, but you can’t rule out the possibility that this one will work out.”
    She shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe. At least, Nick Rudolph has money. He can keep her style, and…”
    “Wait a minute,” Allen said. “Nick Rudolph is your mother’s boyfriend?”
    Marry nodded. “Yes.”
    Allen buried his face in his hands and laughed.
    “Is there something funny about that?” she asked.
    He looked up at her and shook his head. “Marry, I don’t know how to tell you this, but I think we’ve been had .”
    “What are you talking about?” she asked.
    “Nick Rudolph is my uncle,” he said.
    Heat rose to her cheeks. “So you’re saying that you think my mom and your uncle set us up to fall for each other?”
    He nodded. “That’s exactly what I’m saying. They probably even arranged for you to have the room next to mine to increase the odds of us meeting.”
    Marry dropped her fork and leaned back in her chair. “I understand my mother’s meddling, but why would your uncle co-conspire with her to set us up?”
    “My whole family has been trying to find a wife for me.”
    “They don’t respect your right to find someone on your own?”
    Allen looked down at his plate. “Jill’s death was very difficult for me. I mean…I know it’s never easy to lose someone, but when it happens so suddenly. The last time I saw her she was hurrying off to work that morning, and then…she was gone. The next time I saw her was at the morgue in the hospital.”
    Marry reached across the table and clasped his hand. “I’m so sorry.”
    He inhaled a deep breath. “I went through several months of both depression and over-compensating with work until I basically burned myself out. I had to take some time off from my private practice to regroup. Then the radio opportunity came along, and it breathed new life into me. It was as if I found a purpose again.”
    “But your family still thinks you’re missing the love of a good woman,” she said.
    “That’s about the size of it,” he said.
    They ate in silence for a few minutes before Marry spoke.
    “Charlie, my ex-fiancé, left me at the altar. Well, not exactly at the altar. While I was dressing for the rehearsal the night before the wedding, he texted me from the airport. He was leaving to go on our honeymoon with another woman.”
    “Ouch,” Allen said. “No wonder you’ve cloistered