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    He looked up from the computer screen to give her a slightly wicked grin. He turned the laptop around so that she could see the screen. Beth glanced down at it, pulling it over to look closer.
    First, she was sure he hadn’t opened the right account so she checked the account at the top. As usual the top showed only the last four numbers of the account, which were correct—still it could be an error or matched to someone else’s account. She looked below that line where it said Welcome, E. Donald . She still felt there had to be a mistake because the balance said Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Seventy-Nine Dollars Eighty-Five Cents.
    Beth opened up the detail section of the account where she saw the impossible. She knew it was impossible because she had logged in several times over the last couple of weeks. This wasn’t what she had seen before or what was on the screen now. It stated that over the last month she had received deposits from her prior employer directly into her account. The final total was Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars.
    “You’re a hacker?” He didn’t fit the mold, but what did she know?
    “Let’s just say I can get electronics to cooperate. I need the two hundred thousand and you can keep fifty thousand. They owe you that much anyways, since you didn’t have anything to do with what happened at the clinic. Your bank is open tomorrow until noon, even though it is Saturday. They will only let you have Fifty Thousand in cash. They will give you the rest in a Bank Draft. When you get that for me, I am gone. You get some extra cash to go on with your life.”
    Beth heard this all come out in that sexy low voice, almost without any emotion.
    She took a deep breath. “You must be crazy. I almost got arrested the last time you were in my life. This money will get me put away for sure.”
    He shook his head. “It is clean, so you won’t be in any trouble. There are even taxes paid on it already. Take another one of those deep breaths. You can get through this. We have twelve hours before the bank opens. After that, your life goes on.”
    He reached over to pick up the sandwich and took a large bite. He stepped back, grabbed her remote, and turned on her TV. She watched as he found the local news station. He leaned against the counter as he ate and watched.
    “What is your name?” Beth was not sure why she asked, but she felt he seemed to know a lot about her, while she knew nothing about him . Maybe this time, she could learn something to tell the police.
    “Noble.” He didn’t turn around, seemingly comfortable in her place.
    Did he often go into peoples’ homes just taking over? He had the strength. With that gun, he could probably force his way into whereever he needed to go. What was with the funds in her account? Beth looked again at her screen. One of those small warning tags had come up saying the computer was going to disconnect in one minute due to inactivity. She decided to let it knock her out of the session. Maybe later, she’d go back in on her own to see if the funds were still there.
    “Why me?” Her voice was almost a whisper. When he didn’t say anything, she thought he hadn’t heard her. He turned to look at her. She was almost sorry she had tried to talk.
    Beth found his stare too intense.
    “The first time was an accident. You were just there, but you liked animals. You weren’t as afraid as you should have been. You smelled special. I never got you out of my mind. I’m not sure why. I kept track of you to make sure you were okay. When it looked like that disgusting man who was with you might tell lies about you to the police, well, I felt I had to give you some protection, so I had a talk with him. That is how I learned more about you, yet I stayed away. Now, I need access to some funds. It was too hard for me to resist contacting you and, well, now I am glad, because I see you need some money so I got it for you.”
    Beth stood there in complete shock. She