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"Hungry?" the woman offered him an apple, bright shiny red. She could have been Eve herself holding out the forbidden fruit but that she was likely decades older than the famed original female, though with a youthful twinkle in her gaze which made her ageless, timeless - a spark of knowing, the ability to perceive beyond what was not evident to everyone else. She had kept him busy with an endless list of to-do's & re-do's. Each time he thought to be on his way, he heard the direction, more of a command really, "Stay" and was led deeper into her realm, slowly, imperceptibly forgetting there was any world outside her gate. This was not what he expected when he saw the mysterious notice posted on the bulletin board at the Country Store... Dakini seeks skilled reliable trustworthy handyman for never-ending construction project in secret remote location... she pays very well...