The Love Quest

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s nothing economical either. Then his phone went ahead and dared rang. He never liked phone calls an

red the navy blue bedspread. His room had been neatly tidied

es doesn't mean you should l

st instantly threw it back the

o

d to give him a call on a weekend. Not that it was anything surprising though. Cora always called to speak with him about business meetings they couldn't fulfill du

s calling just when he'd been thi

up, saying in a tone tha

talk Kenda

cuddling a piece of documen

n? Meet me at --uh, Aunt s

nt, checked. Uh, nope."

mething I have

bus

nded shocked.

an with what? I

se. "Okay, what

g? What was he d

. Serio

" Kendall said, his eyes squinting hard

fe have you done anything

ne as smart as Cora around? She was

But it's on a Saturday. I

's saying you

ater by--" he stared up at

wait!" Yelled Cora's voice from o

ight love. See you by seven tonight. Bye." Ignor

was absolutely no t

Cora's likes and dislikes. For some reason, Steve h

riends with her, he saw the list. And never in his wildest dream would he had

music; westlife especially, cooking, astronomy, doing chores... He

aw: romance novels, romance mo

fter his eyes blackened out from disappointment. How would you

pletely wrong wit

that she might actually be an interesting soul. Some

slowly emitted his lips, a

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the right spot f

work. When there was a general hang out with colleagues and distant friends, he v

efore. Her hair was let loose and on her face was a light makeup-he couldn't even tell if there

cting incandescent light, canvased by a dim glass door. She was busy saying somet

ing glare that made him shiver. Her voi

lly seen you on one." He couldn't kee

rtant than what I've jus

you, you know?" Kendall said,

glare. Her brown eyes flickered in the dim light

. It really br

t me right now?" The frown

d. "No, of course not. I j

lthough Kendall was beginning to see now that

r skin appeared fair inside the net, but he wasn't even sure if she had always been that fair. He hadn't noticed she'd been talking again, and only woke back to