Chapter 219

• "No," I laughed, "but I could have. She wanted me to come up to her apartment, but..." I looked at Kelly's eyes, listening intently, and suddenly wondered what the hell I was doing. This was not an appropriate conversation for us to be having. She was young, and she was my babysitter, not my drinking buddy.
• "But?" she asked, drawing it out like a question. She tilted her glasses down and gave me an inquisitive stare. "Tell me more." Not a chance.
• "Nothing to tell," I said calmly, ending it.