“I guess you noticed,” Dacey commented. “And you did it pretty well, too.”Then she looked up at him again and with her eyes wide repeated, “Brad, are you really sure you want me to do this?”He nodded once.“Honest?”Again he nodded.“Okay,” she said resignedly, “but if I’m arrested for indecent exposure, you’ll have to bail me out.”“That’s okay,” he replied with a warm grin. “I still have $700 in cash left over from money I brought to bid you in.“Seven hundred dollars!” she exclaimed. “You were prepared to go to $2,200... for me?”“A lot higher than that,” he said quietly, “but I didn’t think it would be necessary.” He paused and then added, “And you know what else? Candace Kane, as much as I expected from today, you’ve far surpassed it. You’re a simply incredible woman.”At that point, Dace picked up her purse. Finding a still area in the pond by the shore, she used it as a mirror to fix her hair. After carefully applying lipstick, she turned to Brad and asked, “Should I put some
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