. He didn&#8217;t need to stick his neck out for a woman that couldn&#8217;t even be straight with her own daughter. But he&#8217;d made two promises to his father. One would have to wait while he took care of the other.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;What do you want me to do?&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;Stay with her. Tell her you want to go over my itinerary. Whatever.&#8221; She stood, grasping Mr. Jingles in one arm and smoothing her skirt with the other.</p>
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