“Make no mistake,” he said, pulling one hand out of his pocket and raising it in a placating gesture. Repairing our relationship dominated my attention throughout the entire service. Can we talk for a few minutes?”
“Um… sure. I didn’t talk to the director or producer or anything… not about your part! Hey. Fucking me was probably nothing more than some twisted game she was playing with her old husband. I had enough to worry about without making trouble with Natalie and her boyfriend. Do you want to come with?”
I shook my head and said, “This will only take a few minutes.”
She stepped aside, giving me the space to walk into her office, and closed the door behind me. Still… I kept having the nagging sensation that his voice was familiar, and Roger’s presence had been agitating me since I got back. I decided to keep Natalie on read. Hard. Normally, I would have felt a little bad for checking out another woman while sexually engaged with someone, but that wasn’t what this was.
