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Chapter 10
"Time to head back to the room." Harm said with a frown as he and Mac left the dance floor to more amused glances and applause. Harm's face was still flaming with embarrassment. Interesting thing was that his hand was still resting on the small of Mac's back. A fact that neither girl missed. "I'm on to you girls."
Both girls paled a little as they were escorted into the elevator. Mac hit the button that closed the door on the outside world and safety as they knew it.
"I dunno what you mean Harm..." Mattie bluffed.
"Yes you do." Harm said. "That was so embarrassing Mattie. I know you got the band to play that request and get us up on the dance floor. It isn't nice to play pranks." In her sudden light headed relief at having not been caught Chloe gave Harm a shove.
"Got us there Harm...can't put anything over on you." she said. "Still, kids will be kids."
"Did you just shove me?" He asked incredulously.
"Um...yeah well it was only done in the friendliest of ways..." Chloe said with an impish grin.
"You better just watch it there little girl..."
"Who's a little girl?" Chloe asked with her hands on her hips.
"Ok enough now." Mac said as she punched the button to their floor. "Why don't we see what in house movies are on."
"Why don't you girls go and put on your PJ's before the movie starts." Harm said.
"Where not six." Chloe said.
"No and you're not quiet either...have you ever heard the expression 'children should be seen and not heard?"
"Yep my Grandpa used to say it.."
"I bet."Harm said.
"And my Grandma used to say 'If I wanted a pig I'd rattle the dish'."
"Uhhuh...my Grandma used to say...'Spare the rod and spoil..."
"Where here!" Mattie yelled. "If you two are finished with your pi...competition." She saved before it slipped out, It was only a matter of time until they found out about the credit cards now. No point in totally antagonising the man.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Mac said with a frown in Harm's direction. Chloe smirked.
"And you can lose the smirk too Miss, your mouth is entirely too smart."
"Why thank you...Ow!" she yelped at the hard male hand that clapped off her backside.
"I win." Harm said as he held back a grin. Mac was biting back her own , he had managed to finally silence the cheeky brat that now was rubbing her butt with her mouth hung open in shock.
"Better close that before you catch a fly." Mattie said with a grin.
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While the girls all changed into their PJ's, Mac included, Harm took a walk around the room. He glanced at the flowers and then walked out onto the balcony to have a look at the view. Back to the flowers again. What did he care? Harm didn't know why, but he cared. He huffed out a breath and then picked up the card. 'From your secret admirer'. Who even says that? Who was he? A kid from junior high? Greg from the 'Brady Bunch'. He narrowed his eyes and shoved the card back into the flowers as the girls door creaked open. Well, well, well...Marsha, Marsha. Could be we have two admirers. The thought made him insanely happy which he couldn't really explain...
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Harm kept his suspicions to himself all through the movie...but he was on alert now. Yep he wasn't going to miss a clue, any clue.
"Why you keep starin at me?" Mattie asked.
"I'm not...I'm watchin the movie." Harm said as he gathered a handful of popcorn.
"Uhhuh." While Harm was watching the girls, Mac was watching Harm. What was he up to? She knew he was on to something. Question was what? He had to know.
"Harm?" she said.
"Yeah?"
"Can I have a word in private?"
"Sure." he said with a quick sideway look at the trouble twins. Chloe was a pretty cool customer but Mattie was feeling guilty about something. He could tell.
"Harm."
"Yeah...I'm comin."
As the door closed behind them Chloe chanted. "Harm and Mac...sitting in a tree...K.I.S.S.I.N.G."
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"What's wrong with you?" Mac asked.
"The flowers...I think I know who sent the flowers." Harm said. Mac rolled her eyes.
"Really? All this is over the flowers.?"
"Well kind of...I think the girls sent them." Mac put her hands omn her hips.
"Is it SUCH a stretch that I may just have a secret admirer?"
"No...no it's not a stretch at all..." Harm flushed pink..He seemed to be doing a lot of that lately. 'It's just..."
"Just what?"
"The wording on the card...'from your secret admirer'...Don't you find that a little...I dunno...childish?"
Mac opened her mouth to say something but then stopped. He was right...It was a little immature.
"And you think..."
"I don't think...I know..." he said "I knew there was a hmmmm."
"What are we gonna do about it?"
"Nothing until we have proof."
"Hmmm." Mac said. "Um... Harm?"
"Yeah?"
"We're do you suppose they got the money for the flowers?"
"They wouldn't..."
"They might have..."
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"Whatta ya think they're talking about in there?" Mattie asked.
"They could be makin out..."
"Ahhh...no...Harm had something on his mind..."
"You worry too much. We have this covered.."
"YOU don't worry enough."
"Look...even if they do catch us? By the time they're in love and together...they'll be so grateful to us for bringing them together...they'll be thanking us."
"They're Lawyers Chloe...they WILL catch us...it's a matter of when...and I can't see either of them laughing off fraud."
"Fraud... shmaud...we're kids...whatta we know about fraud?"
"Enough to know when a credit card is not yours, you're not supposed to use it."
"See you're not looking at the BIG picture. We used THEIR credit cards to pay for stuff, FOR THEM! It doesn't count."
"Uhhuh." Mattie said. "OH I can't wait to hear you explain that to Harm."
"Explain what to me?" Harm asked as he plopped down on the couch deliberately close to Mattie. The girl literally started to sweat...
"You feel ok?" he asked.
"I...I'm fine." she babbled.
"Good...what is Chloe going to explain to me?"
"Uh.."
"Just the movie..." Chloe said." Mac had been watching discretely from the sidelines...
"What about the movie?" Mac asked. "Did we miss something good?"
"Um...you know...it's totally slipped my mind...I'm such an airhead when I'm tired. Think I'll hit the sack."
"Good idea..." Harm said with a suspicious look. Mattie yawned dramatically.
"I think I'll go too...so tired...all that sea air..."
"Night girls!" Both the adults called at once.
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"Whatta you think?" Harm asked.
"Guilty as sin...do you think the flowers are all?"
"I have no idea...but I intend to find out."
"Those little devils." Mac said. "Are you sure it was a prank?"
I'm not SURE about anything."
"Hmmm..."
"Question is...what do we do now?"
"I guess we get some sleep...and tomorrow we start asking questions."
TBC