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Huh?”
     
    Now Colin’s hand rubbed over his face.  It seemed like all he ever did was make her mad, when what he really wanted more than anything was to make her feel better.
    “You know I can help you get a better job.  I can help you go back to school…”
    “No.  Stop it, Colin.  I’ve told you before I need to live my life on my own.  That’s how it’s always been and that’s how it has to be.”
    With a sig h of resignation, Colin stopped himself from saying anymore.  One thing he had learned over the years he had known Kat was that she could not be pushed into anything.  It had to be her idea.  Her choice.  And he understood where that need came from for her.  Having everything taken from her against her will at a young age had changed her.  He just wished he knew how to change her back.
    “Will you at least stay at my place for a few days?  My guest room is always open for you.”
    Kat shook her head and dropped her eyes to the ground.  “You know I can’t do that,” she whispered.
    She looked so young and vulnerable in that moment that Colin had glimpses of how she used to be before.  Before she got the idea in her head that she had to take care of herself all by herself.  That she had to be strong and never show weakness.  It had hardened her.  The soft contours of Kat’s heart had been covered by the sharp edges of self preservation.
    “Fine.   But I am following you to work, so I know you get there okay.  And I will be making regular drive bys here,” Colin stated.
    Kat said nothing to that, which he took as agreement.  She said goodbye to Blade and followed Colin out, locking the door behind her.  He walked her to her car and held the door open as she got in.  Looking up at him, Kat let her emotions show in her eyes.
    “Thank you, Colin.”
     
    He gave her a crooked smile, one that was reserved just for her and made him look younger.  Kat thought as she drove to work that it really was a shame she wasn’t normal.  What would it be like to be with a man for pleasure?  What would it feel like to want a man’s hands on her?  As she pulled into the parking lot of the Garden of Eden, she pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind.  She needed to stay focused.  Thinking about things she couldn’t have would only distract her from her mission.  To find the man who still tormented her.  And to kill him.
     

Chapter Three
     
    Alexander sat behind his massive desk and drummed his fingers on the file that lay on his desk.  The file that contained every bit of information to be found on Kat Rossi.  Luke had handed it to him only moments earlier with a warning that mirrored what Dane had told him two days prior.
    “Not your usual type, and not someone you want to toy with,” Luke said, reluctantly releasing his grip on the file.
    Alexander would normally have trusted Luke’s judgment, no questions asked, and moved on.  But there was something about this woman that he couldn’t forget.  Perhaps it was her single minded focus when running through self-defense scenarios with Dane.  Or was it the way she looked at him like she was issuing an unspoken challenge.  Not the kind of challenge women usually threw his way, but something else.  Almost like she was warning him to stay away from her.
    Luke was usually able to compile a thorough report in a matter of hours, but this one had taken two days because Alexander had specified to leave nothing out.  Nothing.  He wanted to know this woman better than she knew herself.  That’s how he operated in every area of his life - business and personal.  Control and having the upper hand were of utmost importance to Alexander.  He didn’t get where he was by being unprepared or caught off guard.
    Pressing the intercom button on his desk phone, Alexander asked Janice to hold his calls for the next half hour.  It would take at least that long to wade through the thick file that lay on his desk.  No longer able to wait