HE GAVE MY PLACE TO HIS MISTRESS. OUR SON GAVE ME THE COMPANY

is unfortunate phrasing,” he said.

“Why?”

“Because discovery is light.”

I laughed.

It escaped before I could stop it.

Julian looked at me.

“I forgot you could make me laugh.”

“I haven’t.”

“You just did.”

“No. I made an observation. Your nervous system did the rest.”

There he was.

The man I remembered.

Dry, exacting, impossible to impress.

The only person in my continue reading …