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as accomplished and as proud as she would trick a man into impregnating her. But you never could tell. What was her game?
    The dilemma would remain with him for a long time, he knew, because he always sought to understand himself and the events in his life. He unlocked the back door and went inside. What on earth had he been thinking? He didn’t have one-night stands with women like Susan.
    â€œThat was stupid, and it’s over,” he said to himself as he headed up the stairs. “No more of that for me.” He stripped and got into the shower. “But she sure is one hell of a lover!”
    Ever cautious, he called his friend, Mark, the next morning. “Tell me something about Susan Pettiford.” To his mind, the request was a reasonable one, since Mark invited him to his wife’s birthday party expressly to meet Susan.
    Mark’s laughter didn’t console Lucas. “What about her? You can see as well as I can, man,” he said. “All I know is that as executor of her aunt’s estate, I had to beg her to come down here and claim her inheritance. She didn’t seem particularly interested in the house, car and bank account. Said she was used to making it on her own, that she liked her job and wasn’t interested in moving from New York to a town in North Carolina. She finally agreed to come here and have a look at the place, and the strange thing is that the house and its location half a block from Wade Lake really got to her.”
    â€œDoes the will stipulate that she live here?”
    â€œShe has to live in the house for a year in order to inherit what, around here at least, is considered a sizeable estate.”
    â€œThat’s a heck of a job she’s got up there in New York.”
    â€œI know, but I gather success comes at the expense of everything else. She stood on the back porch of the house, looking out at the lake, took a deep breath and said, ‘This is pure heaven. Imagine living in such a peaceful environment!’ I wouldn’t be surprised if she moved down here.”
    Although that news revved his engine a bit, his head told him he’d be better off with as much distance as possible between the two of them. Hadn’t old man libido kicked into action this morning the minute he awakened with her on his mind?
    â€œYou’re interested? I thought the two of you didn’t get on too well.”
    â€œThat was on the surface. I had dinner at her place last night. She’s an elegant woman, to say the least.”
    â€œThat’s the impression I got,” Mark said. “You coming to the club meeting next week?”
    â€œProbably. Thanks.”
    He hung up feeling that he knew little more about Susan Pettiford, the person, than he did before he called Mark. He didn’t intend to get further involved with her, but it wasn’t in his nature to leave a problem unsolved.

Chapter Two
    â€œI want another opinion,” Susan said to herself as she sat on a log by the lake near her late aunt’s house. She threw a small rock in the water and watched the ripples spread outward. “Just like my life,” she said of the sinking pebble. “The doctor hands me some bad news and before you know it, I get in bed with a man I’ve seen once, a man who’s given name I used for the first time only a couple of hours before I made love with him.” She pulled air through her teeth. “I must have been out of my mind.”
    A smile crawled over her face. “But what a lover that guy is! Lord, that man is sweet as sugar.” She told herself to snap out of her lethargy and contact another of the experts on her list. She wanted to consult with Dr. Chasen in Baltimore, but she doubted he’d speak with her without a high-level referral. What the heck! She could try.
    She needed a car, but she couldn’t use the one her aunt left her unless and until she signed the papers declaring her intention to