Chapter 5

Bridger’s hands were shaking. He strained to act casual and conversational, but he already knew he was face to face with the one man on Earth he had felt reasonably guaranteed never to meet. He fought against the powerful urge to act as though he was being reunited with an old flame. After all, Kai had no way of knowing that Bridger said “good morning” to him every day as he hung over his coffee maker.

“Oh yeah?” That’s right, play it cool. “What were you doing over there?”

“Little of this, little of that. Just hanging out, mostly. I’m part Korean, you know?”

“Oh, yeah?”

“Yeah, my dad’s mom.”

“Huh. Cool.” OK, he didn’t want to sound like a stalker, but Bridger had to know. “That’s funny. I’ve actually been to Korea recently.”

Kai beamed. “Really?”

Bridger nodded. “Couple months ago. With this group I was sort of in for a while.”

“What did you think of it?”