Chapter 95 Nothing To Apologize For

• "You're right." Gently easing Nadia off his lap, he set her on the couch and stood. "Excuse me," he said to the room at large before kissing Nadia's cheek and murmuring, "I'll be right back."
• Once in the kitchen and far away enough to hold a private conversation, Theodore drew in a deep breath, exhaled it through his nostrils, and hit the green button. "Yeah?"
• "I need a favor." The words were spat with an emphasis on the word ‘favor’ that not only negated the usually courteous plea for assistance which tended to accompany the word, but that made the entire sentence sound more like a furious string of expletives.