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her own. Now she had the freedom to create her games as
she
liked, then sell them on the open market to the highest bidder.
    She and Adam had arranged, after escaping the hotel, for him to come to her house on Saturday. That was today, and Adam still had never asked exactly what she wanted him to do.
    Of course he wouldn’t, she thought. She could ask him to high-jump to the moon, and he’d probably do it just to keep the lines of communication open. It was too late to cancel their work session. Besides, she still needed Sir Morbid’s face. Being forewarned, though, she could handle Adam. And his brother.
    Frowning a little, Diana wondered why the brother hadn’t approached her at the reception in the first place. He was the logical one to do it. Why had it been Adam? He couldn’t have known she’d wanted his face for her Sir Morbid. Even she hadn’t known that until the moment she’d seen him. If she’d learned anything from the old BASIC language, it was that an
if
statement had to be followed by a logical
then
statement. It made no sense for Adam, who wasn’t even in the business, to approach her about Starlight Software, when his brother was the president of thecompany. It made no sense for Adam to have approached her at all. Adam Roberts was definitely an
if
without a
then
.
    She shrugged, dismissing her confusing thoughts. It really didn’t matter who did the approaching. What did matter was that Adam and his brother thought she was easy prey. Obviously her reputation as a hermit had them thinking that she was vulnerable to a sneak attack. Well, she could be just as sneaky.
    Her Sir Morbid wasn’t turning out to be quite as she had envisioned, she thought, smiling crookedly. Still, it would be interesting to discover exactly how he intended to extract a victory.
    Very interesting.
    After parking the car in the gravel area in front of Diana’s garage, Adam climbed out of his Trans Am and slammed the door.
    For a moment he stared at Diana’s modern red-wood-and-glass house nestled in the wooded hills above Berkeley, California. It was a stunningly beautiful piece of tri-level architecture, with deep, sloping roofs, picture windows, and a wraparound deck that blended with its natural setting. Smiling, he silently saluted the architect who had designed the house with such care and created such harmony.
    His smile faded as he thought about the house’s owner. His brother had said Diana was successful, and as an architect Adam knew she had to be very successful to own a house like this. Diana had continually surprised him at their first meeting, and it looked as if their second would be nodifferent. Since Monday, images of her had been popping into his head at the oddest times. She’d been funny, offbeat, and intriguing.
    He frowned, remembering how overly interested his brother had been in Diana. After Adam had told Dan he’d be seeing Diana on Saturday, Dan had called daily to check if the meeting was still on. Yesterday afternoon he had called four times. There had been a kind of worried excitement in his voice. He had even called that morning. “Just asking,” he’d said.
    Adam wondered why his younger brother was so obsessed about the meeting with Diana. Dan acted as if Diana were the divine head of the church, and not a naïve, shrimp-sitting possible virgin.
    But if Dan was so interested in Diana because of her games, Adam told himself, then he’d have to get them without his older brother’s help. Adam’s own business with Diana was personal, and he planned to keep it that way.
    With that thought he crossed the drive and walked up the three deck steps to the front door. He had to ring twice before Diana opened it.
    “Hi. Come on in, and we’ll get started,” she said before he could say hello. She pushed her wire-rimmed glasses up her nose. “My workroom’s in the back.”
    As he followed her into the two-storied foyer, Adam grinned at her enthusiasm and at the glimpse he’d had of the