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\pard\plain \tx0\tx360\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\fi360\ltrch\loch {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 Jake and Mrs. Miller stood silent for a minute, and then she asked, \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93So what are you going to do about this professor?\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93I\u8217\'92m open to suggestions,\u8221\'94 he said. \u8220\'93I guess I have to talk to her, but I have no idea what to say. Under other circumstances I\u8217\'92d ask them\u8221\'94 \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 he nodded toward the window \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 \u8220\'93for a script, but they\u8217\'92d say I created this problem by being too scrupulous about taxes, and now they\u8217\'92d clean up my mess. And the worst part is they\u8217\'92d be right.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93Maybe you could seduce her,\u8221\'94 she said. \u8220\'93You know, wine and dine her. That\u8217\'92s what James Bond would do.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 He burst out laughing. \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93I\u8217\'92m a forty year old confirmed bachelor who rarely leaves his house, hasn\u8217\'92t done more than drink tea with a woman in\u8221\'94 \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 he squinted for a second, calculating \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 \u8220\'93twenty-two years, and your first thought is of my romantic appeal?\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93You\u8217\'92re not so bad,\u8221\'94 she said. \u8220\'93You\u8217\'92re rich.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93And I have a wonderful housekeeper,\u8221\'94 he added. \u8220\'93Until she decides to stay home and put her feet up.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93Why would I do that? You know my husband. What are we going to do, look at each other all day? Neither of us is interested in travel, and we don\u8217\'92t have any grand \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 \u8221\'94 She cut herself off, glancing sidelong at him. \u8220\'93Anyway, I enjoy coming here. It occurs to me that seducing the professor is unappealing, but her little sister is quite pretty and seemed much more demur.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93You said she was eighteen!\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93I\u8217\'92m probably wrong about that,\u8221\'94 she said. \u8220\'93Everybody looks young to me these days.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93Well, maybe we\u8217\'92re fretting about nothing. Debi and the others have blocked her, so she might give up. Meanwhile, I\u8217\'92m going to hire that private detective in Dubois to do a deep dive on her. Maybe she can be bribed.\u8221\'94 He shook his head. \u8220\'93Financially incentivized to do something else. Offer her a million dollars to write the history of Punxsutawney Phil, or research the financial inequity of the Johnstown flood.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93I\u8217\'92d start lower,\u8221\'94 she said. \u8220\'93People get suspicious when you throw big money at them.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93Good point,\u8221\'94 he said. \u8220\'93Meanwhile, let\u8217\'92s hope they\u8221\'94 \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 he nodded toward the window \hich\f0 \emdash \loch\f0 \u8220\'93don\u8217\'92t get worked up about this.\u8221\'94}
\par\plain {\f0\fs24\b0\i0 \loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\uc1\u8220\'93Poof,\u8221\'94 said Mrs. Miller. Then she shrugged. \u8220\'93It\u8217\'92s a solution.\u8221\'94}}