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.’ Darcy frowned at that.`Having children when you don’t really want them can’t be the answer.’ `I’m sure Wade knows that,’ Diane said with certainty.`He’s just trying to shock Linda out of what amounts to plain stubbornness now.Marie’s pregnancy isn’t helping the situation.’ `Marie and Mike seem very happy.’ `They are,’ Diane confirmed, driving the large car with ease.`Mike has a lot on his mind right now with the stagnation of property speculation, but I’m sure they’ll muddle through.I’m just glad Chris got out when he did.’ `Got out?’ she prompted softly, feeling a little guilty about the ease with which she was extracting information about the family from Reed’s sister.But it had to be better than Reed asking himself.`He and Mike were in partnership together for a while.’ The other woman shrugged.`Until Chris saw the hotel and decided to buy and run that instead.It’s one of the most exclusive in the area,’ she added proudly.`Of course, tourism is down a little the last couple of years because of the strength of the dollar, but we’re still doing very well.’ That was obvious from the house and the way the couple lived.But it was also obvious that all of the family had their problems, Wade feeling some resentment towards the Hunters because Linda seemed quite satisfied with them as her family instead of having children of her own; Mike, and consequently Marie, having monetary problems; Diane and Chris feeling a tightening of their purse strings, too.But none of those things seemed enough for any of them to want to obtain money at Reed’s expense.Although Reed didn’t seem to realise his family had any problems.He frowned heavily later that night when she told him what she had learnt from Diane, the two of them once again lying in the beds across from each other, Darcy more comfortable this evening in the loose cotton nightshirt she had acquired on their shopping trip this morning, the material not even remotely see-through; she had checked that before buying it! Reed had walked about naked for several minutes before getting into bed, as if he expected her to be used to unclothed men in her bedroom.Even if she had been, she was sure she would still have been affected by the lithe beauty of his body, looking like the statue of Apollo she had once admired.Except he was very much a flesh and blood man.They had dined alone with the Donavans this evening.Chris was a little more outgoing when not in a crowd, although the bubbly Diane still monopolised much of the conversation, and the three of them were happy to let her do so, Reed being in a taciturn mood since his return from his visit to `friends’.Darcy relaxed by the pool before going for a swim; she had been wrong about the heat, she was starting to enjoy it.`I can’t really blame Wade for wanting a family; I’d be getting a little impatient myself by now,’ Reed finally grated.`But, hell, I can’t believe that would be enough for him to let me down in this way!’ Neither could Darcy.`He only wants a family, Reed.That doesn’t seem to be enough reason to fraudulently obtain money at your expense.There has to be more to it than that.’ She shook her head.`Didn’t you find out anything today?’ He sighed.`The people actually making the deals aren’t talking, obviously, and no one else seems to know that anything strange is going on.’ He scowled.‘In fact I’m being given the impression I’m imagining things!’ `Are you?’ He looked grim, and Darcy couldn’t blame him for feeling the way that he did.He loved all of his family, and the strain o thinking one of them was involved in this was starting to show.She decided it was time to take his mind off his problems for a few minutes.`Diane seemed very interested in the unicorn necklace you gave me,’ she mentioned casually, watching for his reaction.One brow rose slightly.`Oh?’ She could sense the tension in him even though it wasn’t physically noticeable, just a feeling she had, his eyes staying an emotionless green
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