 a tiny thing with dark, inquisitive eyes and a cloud of orange hair. He&#8217;d called her carrot-top and she&#8217;d kicked him in the leg for his troubles. Then she&#8217;d dragged him up to her tree house and showed him all the treasures she secreted up there.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">He held that memory fondly, though he saw nothing of that little girl in the woman he&#8217;d seen today. He hadn&#8217;t intended to start that mini staring contest in the conference room, but her appearance had surpris