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The pretty twenty-two year old nodded and walked to the front of the desk. “May I be of assistance to you gentlemen?”

Ben took a good look at her and smiled. “Actually, yes.

Would you help me find a book I’ve been looking for?”

She smiled back. “What is the book called?”

“I’m not sure but it is about two young star-crossed lovers whose parents are enemies, so they get married without their parents knowing but it all ends in tragedy when both die.”

“Are you talking about William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?” Sue asked in disbelief. Of all people, Ben York didn’t strike her as a literary enthusiast, much less a romantic.

“Yes, that’s the book,” he replied. Turning to Miss

Stallone, he asked, “Can you help me find it?”

She giggled. “I know where the book is.”

He eagerly followed her as she went to the appropriate bookshelf.

“Well, it looks like I have you all to myself,” Ethan said.

“I’ll help you with those books if you’d like.”

“I have to be honest with you, Mr.