Chapter 23

“No.”

“Having me around so much, you noticed it more, huh?”

“Noticed what?” I asked.

“The taps, the counting…Five, five, five…”

Honestly, I hadn’t. “I did that night at your apartment.” I wanted to be truthful. “But I didn’t here…not really.”

“Oh.”

“I’ve actually been wondering if…if maybe you can control it some.”

“Control it?”

“You know…if you want to.”

His expression alerted me immediately that I had said the wrong thing.

“Why wouldn’t I want to all the time? That doesn’t even make sense, Marty.”

“I know. I didn’t say it right. I’m…sorry.”