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pushed his hand away,
shut the door and started the car. She was going to just drive off, but he
knocked against the window, making it obvious he wasn’t finished.
                  
“Just where is the love of your life anyway?  Did he get tired of your
wicked little mouth and decide to leave you, is that why he offered Wes half
your company?”
                  
She heard Wes groan in the background, and saw him give the cut sign to Gunnar,
but he was too far gone to notice.  He wanted the last little jab, but
Cassie wasn’t about to give it to him.  “You could say that,” she started
to reply and saw the look of triumph pass across his angular, tanned
face.  “You see, he died nine months ago, and I just didn’t have the
energy to deal with his death and fight for the company at the same time.  That’s how Wes got away with half the shares.”  Finally, she’d
managed to wipe that annoying smile from his face, and shut his mouth. 
She thanked Ben for that, and looked up one last time at a pair of chocolate
brown eyes she could easily lose herself in if she stayed any longer. 
“Remember what I said.”  She started to pull forward but he still had his
hands on the car.  She waited for what was sure to come but he just stood
there motionless, daring her to look away.  “See you in California,” she
broke the contact, and started to drive.  She could see him in her
rearview mirror eyeing Wes angrily, and she could hear him call out after her.
                  
“California?”  He yelled the question to her while she was still within
earshot, and then looked to his longtime companion as if the idea of murder had
just become more appealing.  “What the Hell’s in California!

CHAPTER THREE
     
    Cassie was
still completely put out at the thought of having to uproot everything that she
and her daughter were familiar with as well as moving a successful business in
its own right to a new location, but if it had to be somewhere, she was
grateful it was Santa Monica.  It was one of the few places that at least
felt like a second home to Cassie.  It didn’t matter how much time she
spent building a life somewhere else, the beach was something she knew, and
could handle.  As she drove passed her old high school looking for where
Wes had relocated their new offices, she remembered so many things about her
younger self that had been buried or forgotten over the last eight years. 
She knew she was probably adding things to her memories and that no town could
possibly live up to, but she also knew that her childhood had been carefree
growing up near the ocean, and she was grateful for the change of
scenery.   At least every road, every restaurant, well just plain
everything in general didn’t remind her of Ben and the constant ache that he
was never coming back. It was the only reason she had really agreed to go along
with this new venture in the first place.  She was hoping desperately it
would be the fresh start that she and her daughter would need if they were ever
going to heal.
    “This is it,” she said aloud as she
pulled up to the small, but prestigious looking group of office
    bungalows each with its own entrance and common area
parking.  She praised Wes mentally for picking
    such a nice spot to move to on
such short notice, and laughed when she caught sight of the name on the
door.  One heading read Gytus and Rosswell, Inc. , and just below in
equally large letters was the name she was so familiar with.  She ran her
hand along the smooth service of the letterhead.  “Hello Leisure Time Air
Travels, nice to see you again.”  She looked around to make sure no one
had seen her standing around talking to herself, and went inside. 
                  
It was obvious from the get go that money hadn’t necessarily been an object in
making sure the offices were well decorated and professional.   She
could see a door that lead to Wes and