Chapter 83

“Okay.” She leaned back in her chair. “I won’t. The important question is have you considered that, and what it means if you have or haven’t. We have to get you to a point where you can trust your instincts concerning your private life as much as you do when they’re work related.”

“Well, if Archie still has feelings for me, like he did when he was fifteen, he’s keeping them closer to the vest these days.”

“No special napkin with lunch yesterday, the first time he’d seen you since February?”

“Nope.”

“Were you expecting one?”

“Maybe.”

“Hmm.”

“Hmm.”

“It’s quite possible he’s scared, too.”

“I never said I was scared. You said I was scared, scared and guilty.”

“You going to deny that one?”

I didn’t.