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him." He moved over to the phone when Morgan stopped him.
    "No! Wait. I'd love to see his face when you tell him she thinks he's gay. I don't think he'll have an issue with it, but I want to see his face. Maybe he left the money for other reasons. He did just break up with that bitch, didn't he?"
    "Nah, not Devin. I don't think he was actually seeing...what's her name, but she was his date for the charity thing. I think that was a little of his pissy-ness last night. I don't think he's really ready to pick up with another woman right now.
    It's too soon even for Devin."
    Nick had just picked up his phone to call his brother when he came into the office after a short knock.
    "You really need to get yourself a better receptionist. I'm not sure, but I think this one is the dumbest one yet. Hello, Morgan. How's my favorite sister-in-law?"
    Devin was just bending to pick up Anthony when Nick told him about Ronnie.
    "Hey, that pretty waitress dropped something off for you just now. She told me to tell you to stick your charity up where the sun doesn't shine."
    "Charity? I don't understand. What...oh, the money. I was pretty rotten to her and I felt bad, especially after what the cop told us. Why would she come to see you?"
    "She thinks you're my lover. That you and I are gay lovers. Imagine that."
    Devin bellowed so loud he made the boys cry. Nick took Anthony from Devin and hit him in the shoulder. Morgan was trying to sooth Markus.
    "Why on earth would she think that? We were all together, so why did she pick me?"
    “Actually, I think she thinks we all are, including Spence and Jamie. She didn't hang around for question and answer time, but she shoved your money at me to give to my lover. I hope you know this doesn't mean you get to sleep with Morgan. As my female lover, she is off limits to you," Nick told his brother as he sat his son back down.
    "She say anything else? I mean, damn it, err sorry, Morgan, darn it, why would she think that?" Nick watched his brother play with Markus as he asked.

    "I'm sure I don't know, but it matters very little now. Here's your money.
    You know you shouldn't carry around such a large amount of cash. You should let me...where do you suppose he's going?"
    He gave up trying to get an answer from his wife as to why his brother took off without another word. She was off on another round of hysterics.

    ~Chapter 3~
    It took Devin almost an hour to figure out which class Ronnie was in and another to figure out where the classes were being held. He had never realized that the Ohio State University campus was so huge. He had gotten lost twice on High Street and had driven around the stadium three times before he had figured out how to get off the winding road. It was nearly eight o'clock, by then and his mood had not improved.
    Nick had been right about Devin not being mad about the gay part. He had several friends who had come out and several more who had not. One’s sexual preferences had no bearing on his friendship with them. He just wanted to know why she had thought he was.
    He thought about the information he had gotten at the bursars office when he’d stopped by to get her schedule. It seemed that the beautiful Ms. Frey needed to find herself another place to work out her internship or not be able to graduate on time. The lawyer that she had been working from had died suddenly over the past weekend and now she was in violation of her degree. An impressive one at that—Veronica Frey was very smart and would be sought after from now until she graduated and signed with a firm. He had been right about her being close; she was in her last quarter.
    Ronnie had a four point three six GPA and if that was not impressive enough, she also had a minor in Foreign Policy and Procedures and Corporate Law—two of Devin's specialties. When he found her, he was going to shake her hand then wring her pretty little neck.
    Smiling, he thought touching the woman's neck first might be a better place to