Chapter 13

“Not really, not that I can say why. It’s just a feeling she was making it up as she went along.”

“Are you in the apartment now?”

“No. And yeah, I thought of that too, but I don’t have anything with me to check for bugs.”

“Probably a good thing you don’t, since the searcher might have found it. What about your lockpicks?”

“With me.” Rory instinctively patted his jacket pocket.

“Okay. That means they didn’t find anything that said you aren’t who you’re pretending to be.”

“But why think I could be?”

“The fact she caught you on her floor, for starters. And your excuse for being there.”

“Yeah,” Rory said. “That probably wasn’t my best move, but for the spur of the moment—”

“It worked and gave you a chance to get to know her.”

Rory snorted. “Or not. Like I said, she’s big into avoidance.”

Lou started to reply then said, “I have to go. I’ll call when I get home, unless you want me to come there.”

“Not a good idea. If you ran into her here, she might remember you and wonder.”