The Greatest Risk. Cara Colter

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      “This hospitalization?” she asked. “So you play hooky every time you’re hospitalized?”

      He shrugged.

      “Is that a yes or a no?”

      “Are you a reporter?” he teased, but did she hear a faint warning? Don’t ask too much. Don’t get too personal.

      “No, I’m curious.”

      “You know what that did to the cat.” He hesitated, then answered. “In the last five years, I’ve been in the hospital seven times. I get bored.”

      She was startled, but something in his look made her back off. She reminded herself she was supposed to be having fun. She wasn’t conducting a parenting suitability interview.

      “Well, here’s to brown and bubbly,” she said, lifting her glass to him.

      “Did you have me pegged for a beer-swilling swine, little Maggie Mouse?” he teased. He liked it light. Well, that was fine. She was planning one night of being out of character. It really had nothing to do with him, except that he was a different kind of choice than she had ever made before. And how.