Chapter 148

I leaned back, my arms outstretched along the top of the bench. This was becoming almost fun.

"You want to really make it up to me? Tell me what you were doing in Hedon."

"Hedon?" She didn't break eye contact but her still-folded hands twisted. "What's that?"

"Cut the crap. I saw you in the Green Olive. Made you a lot more interesting than I ever would have given you credit for."

"Excuse me?" she said, frostily.

"Oh." I wrinkled my brow. "Have you not replaced spinning class with frequenting criminal dives? My bad."

"At least I have two working legs. Whereas you've added crime to all your other pathetic affectations in hopes of being 'interesting.'"