I enjoyed this bit:
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"Don't you wait till the door is answered anymore?"

She looked up at the door to his apartment. "Only sometimes." She grinned at him. "I knew you were home, I could smell the food."
But the cameo had me rolling...
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a MERE woman
You rang? laugh

Great fic, Nancy! clap notworthy

Mere smile

A diabolically, fiendishly clever mind. Possibly someone evil enough to take over the world. CC Aiken, Can You Guess the Writer? challenge