“Marcus… god. She was well-read and up-to-date on her pop culture. “You know this for a fact?”
“I don’t have proof, but I’m sure of it. I’d ambushed her the day before she left. I needed to mine her for all it was worth. “We haven’t.”
I glanced down at her left hand and saw no ring. “I would have said yes,” Natalie said before I had a chance to decide how honest I wanted to be with her. He’s a prideful man.”
Two waiters attended us, and they both stepped forward to remove the dish covers and reveal a lovely collection of greens topped with a thin pink sauce, sweet potato puree, and a generous cut of lamb covered in gravy. You didn’t fight back at all! Thanks for your time and cheers! Like I said, it’s hard to separate us since the kidnapping.”
“The kidnapping… I heard about that,” she said. I liked him. Maybe she’d have some thoughts on the new developments on the kidnapping that Psalter brought to light. I know, and I get it. “It’s a… unique relationship.”
“Unique?”
“Open,” she said, leveling another look at me. “Nothing,” Astrid
