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surprise on his face upon seeing her. “I’m sorry to drop by so unexpectedly. I just wanted to tell him something I forgot to say the last time we talked.”
    “Oh, right.” Jill lowered her voice one more notch. “He was at your apartment Saturday night, wasn’t he?”
    Yolanda felt a little surprised that Jill knew, but nodded.
    “Are the two of you dating?”
    Yolanda was taken aback by the blunt question. 
    Jill seemed to realize it, too. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to pry or offend you or anything. It’s just that I’m not sure romance is something Shane needs right now, I mean, just between you and me.”
    “I understand, but Shane and I are just friends.”
    Jill ignored her. “A relationship with another celebrity in particular might not be good for his career, plus, I’m afraid that he’ll just get hurt and…”
    “Shane and I are just friends,” Yolanda repeated, annoyed by Jill’s prying, which was what she was doing even if she didn’t mean to. “And I assure you, Miss Moore, I’ve been through a lot of things. I’m not a child anymore, so I can very well realize the consequences of my own actions, but thanks for the advice.”
    “Okay. Sorry.”
    Yolanda gave her a forced grin, then turned her gaze back beyond the glass towards Shane. Just as Jill had said, in just a few more minutes, the program ended and after talking to the host off the air as well as signing a few autographs, he made his way to her.
    “Now, this is a surprise.” He smiled at her.
    “One surprise for another,” she told him.
    “How did you find out I was here?”
    “I have my sources,” she simply said.
    He grinned. “Of course you do. Why did I even ask?”
    She just chuckled.
    Shane followed up with, “Perhaps I should ask why you’re here, instead?”
    “Do you have anything else after this?”
    Shane glanced at Jill and shook his head. “No. Why?”
    “I thought I’d treat you to dinner this time.”
    He scratched his chin. “Hmm.”
    “Just to return the favor,” Yolanda added quickly.
    “Well, that’s fine, but it will have to be take-out,” Shane said.
    “Take-out?”
    “Right. We can eat at my place so that way, you can finally meet Moses. Is that good?”
    Yolanda nodded, smiling widely. “That’s…perfect.”
    ~ ~ ~
    Indeed, the evening turned out to be perfect, just as what Yolanda had been expecting last Saturday. Even though they only had pizza, the ambience was lovely, with Shane’s house being as rustic and cozy as his music and the flames from the old-fashioned fireplace adding to the warmth. Moses, too, was just as amazing as she had thought he would be, a beautiful, intelligent creature who seemed very loyal to his master and eyed her curiously.
    “I don’t think Moses has decided yet if he wants to be my friend or not,” Yolanda said after dinner, noting that the dog still kept his distance from her.
    “At least he’s not growling at you,” Shane said.
    “At least he hasn’t eaten me up,” she joked.
    “It can take him a while to make up his mind.” Shane patted Moses between his ears. “Up to now, he still doesn’t really like Jill.”
    “How long has Jill been your agent?” she asked curiously.
    “I had a different agent when I started three years ago, but he only lasted about six months. Jill’s been my agent since.”
    “She seems to really care about you.”
    “She reminds me of my sister, except maybe a little more scary.”
    Yolanda just grinned. She could imagine how Jill could be scary.
    “By the way…” Shane stood up and got a picture from the mantel. “This is a picture of my sister and her kids from last Christmas. My Mom’s there, too.”
    “She still looks young,” Yolanda said, running her hands over the picture. “And you look a bit like her. Except, you know, the male version.”
    “They always said I got my looks from my Mom and my talent from my Dad,” he said. “My Mom didn’t really like that, but I guess she’s gotten