Chapter 5

“That, and a visit from a nasty ex.”

“Whoa. I’m not even going to ask for details.” Better leave that one alone. “I was hoping you’d want to go out for a drink or something. You never got to tell me about your office ideas.”

“You’d be interested?” she exclaimed. “It can get pretty boring.”

“No! It sounded fascinating. I never thought of some of those things, and I probably should. I’m sure there’ll be a case sometime that will need such expertise.”

“Well, if you really want the punishment, I’d be happy to enlighten you. Where do you want to go?”

“It’s up to you,” I said. “Wherever you’re comfortable.” I figured going to the lesbian bar I usually went to wouldn’t be the best way to start.

“What do you usually drink?” she asked.

“I mainly drink vodka.”

“I’ve got a nice bottle of vodka upstairs, and I can show you some of my designs.”

“Sounds good to me.”

Hmmm, that sounds better than I thought.

“Let me finish more of this first.”