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them.

"Reid." Maddie, one of the waitresses,
grabbed his arm. "She's full of shit, okay? That night we were
together was great. Let me know if you want me to sign a letter or
something."

He nodded at the busty brunette, knowing that
they had spent the night in bed and unable to remember
anything specific in the blur that was his sexual past.

He
hurried over to greet his two brothers and sank gratefully into the
chair they'd pulled up for him.

They'd positioned their table
just right, tucking his chair next to a display case of sports crap.
It meant he wasn't in anyone's direct line of sight.

Cal, his
older brother, pushed a full mug of beer in his direction. "How
you holding up?" he asked.

"How do you think?"
Reid took a long swallow. "It's a little slice of
hell."

Walker, his younger brother, grimaced
sympathetically. "Sucks the big one."

Reid eyed the
nachos on the table, but he wasn't hungry. "The worst part is I
don't even remember her. It was the week my team was in the playoffs.
I'm sure I was drunk." He shook his head. "What does it
matter? She wanted revenge and she sure as hell got it. Reporters are
everywhere. They're crawling all over the houseboat."

"It's
not a defensible position," Walker told him.

Cal looked
at Reid. "So speaks our brother, the former marine."

"He
knows what he's talking about," Reid grumbled. "I've got to
get out of there. I thought about a hotel, but they'll find me there.
Someone on the staff will sell me out."

"Come stay
with Penny and me," Cal said. "We have room."

Reid
hesitated. Their house was big enough, but Cal and Penny had a new
baby. They were focused on other things.

"I appreciate
the offer, but I'd be in the way."

"You wouldn't,"
Cal told him.

Walker shrugged. "You can bunk with me, but
it would be on a sofa."

"Tempting," Reid said
with a grin. "But, no."

"You could always move
in with Gloria," Cal said. "No one would think to look for
you there. Didn't you say one of her nurses had set up a room for her
downstairs?"

"In the study," Reid said slowly,
considering the possibility.

"You would have the whole
upstairs," Walker told him.

"There's plenty of
room," Reid murmured. His moving in would also annoy the hell
out of Lori, and that would be a plus.

A woman walked toward
the table. She was tall, built and cover-model gorgeous. She smiled
at him.

"Darlin', I just wanted to let you know that the
night we had together was incredible. I still remember everything
about it and I'm willing to swear to it. Want my phone number?"

Reid
studied her face and realized he had absolutely no recollection of
ever having seen her before. What did that say about him?

"I
appreciate the offer," he said. "I'll let you know if I
need a signed statement."

"You do that. I'm always
willing."

She turned and walked away. He watched her
swaying hips and felt absolutely nothing. Given the day he'd had, it
would probably be months before he could think about having sex
again, and how grim was that?

He leaned back in his chair and
looked at his brothers. "That reporter has me by the balls. I
can't sue. There's no way to win. It would be a circus. I don't want
that. My manager says to lay low and it will blow over."

"He's
right," Walker said. "People will get interested in someone
else's life."

"When?" Reid asked, knowing it
couldn't be soon enough. "I talked to him about the other stuff
in the article. Where that bitch of a reporter said I'd blown off
kids and charity events. I wouldn't do that."

He hadn't.
He hated that kind of stuff, so he made it a point to never accept
any kind of invitation where he had to show up and speak. He sent
checks…or his manager did.

"Just because some kid
sent a letter inviting me to some charity thing doesn't mean I have
to go. But that's not how the reporter saw it."

"You
have to let it go," Cal said. "You can't do anything about
it now."

Reid knew that was the truth, but he hated being
painted in asshole colors. "I talked to Seth about the