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He crossed his arms over his chest, teasing in his eyes.

“Am I to understand you are both asking permission and waiting for approval? Are you quite sure you’re Ida Landway?”

Something fell away between them. The carefully tended wall of employer and employee slipped down to reveal a timid, fresh partnership that went beyond children, medicine or education. When she heard him say her name, her view of him shifted from Dr. Parker the institution and took a small step toward Daniel Parker the man. The man who had just brought her paint to bring beauty into this tiny world they shared.

“Quite sure,” she said, wishing the words did not sound so breathless. “Thank you. Thank you more than you can ever know.”

“The sky blue is my favorite,” he said in the tone of a secret. “What’s yours?”

“All of them. Every single one of them.”

There was a moment of powerful silence, as if the air itself had changed between them. Ida wanted to look anywhere but into his eyes, but at the same time couldn’t pull her gaze away from their intensity. He seemed both bothered and more comfortable, which made no sense at all.