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brag.”
    Brianna laughed with him and put her hand lightly on his arm. She didn’t feel awkward doing it at all, which was very strange. She had to keep reminding herself that she had just met Jake. Touching should be out of the question, but it felt so right. People walked around them and past them as they stood there. She could care less about any of them. Her whole world consisted of her, and Jake.
    The sudden attraction she had to him was interesting and even kind of fun. But she had no illusions about it going anywhere. She had to get home to help her dad. After this one brief moment in time, after their drive across the country, she was sure she’d never see him again.
    So, why not indulge it a little?
    “Come on then,” she said, rolling her eyes and starting off toward her hotel. “Maybe I’ll walk you to my hotel. But I’m giving you a ride, not sharing a room, got it?”
    Jake caught up to her quickly, matching her step, hands thrust into the pockets of his sweater again. She noticed how much taller he was, and stood up a little straighter. He pretended not to notice and she pretended not to see his little smirk.
    “So you aren’t from here?” she asked him after they had gone a whole block. “I mean, because you do seem to know the Jolly Green Giant and all?”
    He shook his head, keeping his eyes on the people around them. “I’m not from here.”
    “Then where?”
    He stared at a man in a dark business suit. “Sorry. No spoilers. I’ll tell you all about it on our drive, all right?” He kept his attention on the guy in the suit, watching him pass by, watching him over his shoulder to make sure he kept going.
    He turned to find Brianna staring at him. “What?”
    “Are you looking for someone?” she asked.
    “No one in particular.”
    She wondered what that meant.
    He did the same thing to a very shapely blonde wearing a tight skirt that left her legs bare up past her knees. “Okay,” Brianna stopped and turned to him with a fist on her hip, causing him to stop short with her. “Now I’m just jealous.”
    “Don’t be,” he joked. “Your legs are much prettier.”
    “Yeah, right. Like you can tell when I’m wearing jeans.” She laughed, “Seriously, what gives? You’re either paranoid or you like checking everybody out.”
    He managed to look embarrassed. “Look, I’m sorry. It’s…”
    “Complicated?” she guessed.
    “Yeah, that.” Even as he said it, his eyes followed someone walking past behind Brianna. He stopped when he saw her staring intently at him. “Sorry. I’m sorry, Brianna. I’m not trying to ignore you.”
    “You’re doing a good job of it if you’re not trying.”
    He winced. “Yeah. You still want me to come with you?”
    Oh, she should so tell him No. The word was on the tip of her tongue. Suddenly she was keenly aware that she was about to take a perfect stranger across the country with her. But instead she just shrugged. “I’m leaving at nine tomorrow. If you’re here when I leave, then I guess I’ll still take you. How’s that?”
    “Better than I could have hoped for, really. So your hotel is this one?”
    Brianna had almost forgotten what they were doing. She was still enjoying his company that much. She looked up where his thumb was pointing now and saw that they had come all the way back to her hotel.
    “Yeah, I guess so,” she said, trying not to feel awkward. “Um. So, this is me. Where are you staying?”
    He didn’t answer. He was staring in through the front windows of the hotel, his eyes focused on something on the other side of the glass. Brianna followed his gaze and saw the inside of the lobby, saw Mary the desk clerk at the front counter, talking to two men. The men were both the same freakishly tall height, considerably above six feet it looked like, and both wore dark black suits, white collars and cuffs showing from under trim suit coats. As she watched, they both turned as one, to look out through the windows.
    They