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ce starting his psychology practice eight years ago. Actually, he hadn't gone on vacation since starting university. He was a typical workaho

en grabbed his briefcase and quickly escaped the office. He wasn't surprised to hear the phone start ringing as he locked the office

evator and turned to push the button marked P3. The whistle died, however, and Greg reached instinctively toward the panel, his eyes searching for the HOLD button to keep the door

el and stepped politely out of the way s

hen he'd traversed it, and he hadn't heard a door open or close, but then he'd been distracted with thoughts of his coming vacation.

blur in his memory, but her eyes had been an attention-grabbing silver-blue. Unusual and beautiful, t

king the best of their appearance, but when they moved on to this leve

anned a lot of outings; he'd never been anywhere like Mexico before and wanted to enjoy all there was to do. Along with the usual lounging

go and walking paths where you could see the local animals. Then there was the night life. If he had the energy after his active d

om half-naked dancing women to the panel above the d

phery of his mind, it took Greg a minute to notice the sound of footsteps behind him. He almost glanced over his shoulder to see who it was, then let the matter go. The s

the concrete beam made him slow in confusion. Parking levels 1 and 2 were reserved for visitors to the various offices and businesses in the building. He was parked

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ed, and continued forward. He

e red sports car wasn't his. He drove a dark blue BMW. But as quickly as that thought-with

unk, climbed in after it, arranged himself in