![]() No one could call Luke Buckton “average.” An average person would have just asked, you know.” “You mean he manipulated it so you’d be his therapist. I know it’s why he fixed it so I would be his therapist.” “But it goes both ways, which is the very thing that has helped me make such progress with Luke. “I understand the dangers, Lana, really I do.” Ruby leaned in. ![]() Ruby resented Lana’s questioning, but the truth was her partner was right to be concerned. Based on what you’ve told me, that man knows just how to get to you.” “Wouldn’t it be great if we always listened to the smart parts of ourselves? I’ll have your back if you decide you shouldn’t be treating him. “The smart part of me knows the answer is ‘not enough.’” “Just friends.” Lana didn’t look convinced. “A walking danger zone, even if we are friends.” “He’s still the driven, reckless, rocket of a man who launched himself out of Martins Gap in a blaze of ‘I’m too big for this town,’ convinced all the while that I deserved to be left behind.” She fiddled with her silverware. That history doesn’t just disappear into thin air.” You’re working closely, and in close quarters. ![]() “I’m not going to berate you for that, Ruby. She wanted to deny it, but it was harder to lie to Lana than to lie to herself. Let’s get this out in the open so we can deal with it. “So” Lana said as she did the same, “no worries about anything wandering into personal territory? None at all?” ![]()
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