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words sinking in. “Oh. Wow. In that case, you seem amazingly calm.”
    “Thanks.”
    “What happened?”
    “We didn’t fit.”
    “Care to explain?”
    That was all the prodding Karise needed to spill every detail of the past day, barely pausing to place her order. Devon took her hand in his, listening quietly with a sympathetic expression on his face. It felt so good to have someone to talk to – the closest thing she had to friends were coworkers, coworkers who worked for William’s father. She wasn’t really counting on any of them sticking around once word got out about this.
    “Come home with me,” he urged once she’d run out of story to tell.
    Karise shook her head. “I don’t know about that. I think I should be saving my money for a move. Where am I going to move, Devon?”
    “You know there’s always a place for you in Ecuador. And money isn’t an obstacle. You’re family – what’s mine is yours.”
    “You keep saying that, but it doesn’t change anything.”
    “A man can hope.”
    “I don’t think I can move back there.” She didn’t know why; she just knew that wasn’t the path she was supposed to be on. “Thank you, though.”
    “But a visit might do you good. I know Pablo and Lucia would love to see the beautiful woman you’ve become.”
    “You’ve always been very smooth, you know that?”
    “Does that mean you’ll hitch a ride back with me? Just give yourself a week or two to get your feet under you again.”
    “Why are you so good to me?”
    “I told you – we’re family. Why do you so stubbornly persist in ignoring me and Alex?”
    Karise narrowed her eyes, her mouth twisting in consternation. She wasn’t sure she could put it into words, so she opted to address the result of her actions instead. “I’m sorry. I never meant to be hurtful.”
    “Make it up to me by letting me pay your moving costs. Anywhere in the world you want to go, any life you want to live.”
    “Why don’t we start with the visit to Ecuador and then go from there?” Karise relented, feeling a sense of relief that she at least knew her next step.
    “Excellent. Jane will be thrilled to meet you.”
    “I have to admit I’m curious to meet her, too. She must be quite a woman to have tamed you.”
    “She didn’t tame me.”
    “Sure she didn’t.” Karise grinned at him before letting it drop. “So what brings you to Boston , anyway? I didn’t realize McAlister Industries had much of a presence here. Or is it the roses?”
    “Neither.” He shook his head, sobering slightly . “I was here because I had a lead on an adoption, but it turned out to be another dead end.”
    “I had no idea you were trying to adopt.” Karise was ashamed of herself for knowing so little about Devon’s life. “I would think if the McAlister name and money was good for anything, it would be something like this.”
    “As did I, so I made Jane promises I’m struggling to keep now that reality has set in. It turns out that most Ecuadorian adoption agencies prefer to place children with Ecuadorian families. American agencies aren’t too keen on adopting to ex-pats.”
    “But you still have so many business dealings here. And aren’t there countless children sitting in homes, needing good families?”
    “It’s asinine, I know. I have never felt so completely incompetent in my entire life.”
    “Welcome to the world the rest of us live in.” Karise reached out to give his hand a reassuring squeeze. “However you may feel at the moment, you’re Devon McAlister. If anyone can fix it, you can. Maybe it’s all just waiting on the right baby at the exact right moment.”
    He patted her hand and smiled at her. Something in his eyes said he wasn’t convinced. “Thank you. Now, do you want me to go back to your apartment with you to pack, or do you want to go alone?”
    Karise couldn’t believe what had come over her when she found herself accepting his offer of help gratefully. The old Karise would have