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“Exactly. And though I’m not positive about what happened with Dillion and her ex, I know he was a doctor and passed away when Gianna was a baby,” Carolyn said.

“I can’t believe you don’t have the details of that,” Diane said.

“She didn’t do her residency locally. I think her mother went to help until Dillion was done and then she came to Duke for her fellowship and went into the private sector. I don’t know much more. I could ask Wyatt, but he probably wouldn’t know.”

“Sam might know more, but he will not tell me,” Diane said. “And he’s older than Dillion too.”

“I don’t think any of that matters,” Carolyn said.

“Are you sure?”

“Positive. We’ve got a line baited in the water and we need Dillion to open her mouth and grab it,” Carolyn said. “Leave that to me.”

“I’m going to,” Diane said. “Show me how it’s done.”

“Now you’re just humoring me,” she said, smirking.

“I want to see how we are going to get Dillion to talk to us today. She’s probably got patients.”

“I’m sure,” she said. “But she’s joked with me before about other services. Maybe we can sneak in and ask a few questions.”

“I’m not getting Botox,” Diane said, looking appalled.

“Me neither,” Carolyn said. “But I wouldn’t mind a facial.”

“We go to Sloan for those,” Diane argued.

“I know,” she said. “But we have to do what we have to do to get this done. Play along with me.”

Diane laughed. “This is all on you.”

“That’s right,” she said. “The men had the last one. Even you with Hyde. I haven’t gotten to have any fun lately.”

“If Dillion says yes, there is no more fun with these two. They go on their date and we’re done. Did you think of that?”

“That’s just the beginning,” she said. “Trust me.”

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NICE MEN ARE HARD TO FIND

“Thank you so much for explaining this all to me. I was one of Dillion’s teachers in school. She actually told me to stop in and get some information one day. I thought I’d bring my sister-in-law in with me too.”

Dillion recognized that voice.

It was hard not to when she heard it enough.

It seemed like every time she turned around, Carolyn was there and hinting toward setting her up on a date.

Roni warned her that the Fierces were known for playing Cupid.

She appreciated the knowledge, but if she couldn’t even get a man she was all but throwing herself at to ask her on a date, the last thing she wanted was a blind date with a complete stranger.

But since Carolyn stopped in, the least she could do was pop her head out and say hi.

“Mrs. Fierce, so glad you could stop in.”

Carolyn’s face scrunched up. It was a game to her now.

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