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out a little yelp and Sky spun around. She started toward the bedroom that Zach and his brothers had loaded her personal belongings in the day before.
    He hesitated a moment and then rushed inside toward the sound. Sky limped all the way to her bedroom, where they found Cassie standing barefoot on the bed massaging her fingers.
    “ Hey, Zach. I’m trying to electrocute myself.” An open box and the parts of a ceiling fan were scattered around on the bed.
    Skyler covered her face with her hands. “Just forget it, Cass. It was a dumb idea.”
    “ Not if it will help you sleep.”
    He shook his head. “Please get down from there.”
    “ But I read the directions,” Cassie protested.
    Zach held out his hand and she gripped it as she jumped off the bed. He frowned at her. “I’ll get my voltage meter. Even if the breaker is turned off, there might still be a charge.”
    “ Zach, you don’t have to do this,” Skyler protested.
    Cassie held up her hand. “Yes, he does. Sky hasn’t been sleeping well. I thought maybe the white noise of a ceiling fan would help her to get some rest.”
    Zach raised a quizzical brow, but held his tongue. Whatever was keeping the lovely Skyler Danforth from getting a good night’s sleep was none of his business, but at the very least, he could keep her little sister from frying herself.
    ~*~
 
    “ I think he likes you,” Cassie said.
    Sky frowned at her baby sister. “Why would he like me? I’m a complete mess.” She had shown Zach out and locked the sliding glass door after he’d installed the ceiling fan over her bed.
    Cassie grinned. “Yeah, but he doesn’t know that yet.”
    “ He seems to be a nice guy,” Sky admitted. She was nervous about going to his house for dinner. Her stomach had been tied in a knot since she had first gazed into his eyes and accepted his invitation.
    “ He’s gorgeous.
    Sky grinned back at Cassie’s reflection in the mirror as she brushed her long hair. “That he is. His eyes are beautiful. Green with gold around the iris.”
    Cassie laughed. “So you did notice.”
    Sky tied her hair at the nape of her neck with a blue ribbon. “Couldn’t help it. And he’s tanned. Even with all his freckles he looks golden.”
    “ Outdoor type. His hair is sun-streaked. I never knew red hair could come in so many colors.”
    Skyler slipped a pair of clean jeans on over the knee brace. “The best thing is, he can cook.”
    Cassie laughed. “Not necessarily. He might be ordering in.”
    “ Trust me. I saw him setting up his grill. The man can cook.”
    Cassie feigned disbelief. “You were spying on him?”
    Skyler laughed. “Yes.”
    “ Good. It’s time to get your mind off the bogey man and onto someone yummy.”
    Sky’s stomach caught. She pressed her lips together to keep them from trembling.
    Cassie sobered. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to ruin the moment. You need to stop worrying about the stalker.”
    “ He’s tried to kill me twice. He ran over my dog. How can I forget that?”
    Cassie slid an arm around Sky’s shoulder. “I know and I’m so sorry. But we’re here now and he’s not. Whoever he is, you left him behind.”
    She pressed her lips together to keep them from trembling. “I hope so. I keep worrying that he’ll be able to track me somehow.”
    Cassie gave her a squeeze. “I don’t see how. Everything here is in my name. The house, the utilities, even the truck we used for the move. For all purposes, Skyler Danforth evaporated.”
    Skyler suppressed a shudder. “Then how did he track me to Springhill from Austin?”
    Cassie took a sable brush and swiped it across the blush before applying it to Skyler’s cheeks. “You didn’t know you had attracted a stalker. You didn’t take any precautions. This is different. You have me with you.”
     
    Sky shuddered. “We can’t assume that he’s not out there. It would be foolish to think that he can’t find me.”
     
    Cassie closed the blush with a snap. “Just for tonight,