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After my impromptu round of 52 Pickup, I had to shuffle the cards all over again. As I dealt, he asked, “Remember our date in Santa Monica?”

“And all the hot sex?”

“I’m serious.”

I looked at him askance, and decided he was.

“Of course,” I smiled. “That was one of the best days of my life.”

“Mine, too,” he agreed as he arranged his cards. “What did you enjoy about it the most?”

I settled back in my chair and considered. “I think… that you got such a kick out of it. The fact that you got to be ‘normal.’ It was like seeing a little kid try ice cream or go to the circus for the first time. I loved that.”

A look of peace and contentment filled his face… and then he looked at me quizzically. “Is this what normal people do?”

“What?”

“Play cards and just… talk.”

“When they get shot as part of an assassination plot? I guess.”

He gave me a wry look. “You know what I mean.”

“Don’t you ever play cards with anybody?”

“Well, yeah, but usually it’s poker at $10,000 a hand.”

That took a second to pro
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