Chapter 36

• When the waitress walks away, seemingly unaware I’m the person responsible for her job instability, Gretchen resumes a conversation I wish I could avoid. “You didn’t say what he was doing here? What kind of work is he in?”
• I can’t exactly answer that truthfully, so I shake my head. “Can we just drop it, please?”
• Her eyes narrow. “Did you forget you already told me you went to the party with him? It’s obvious you’re protecting him.”